ABSTRACT

This paper explores the role of photojournalism in mediating Zimbabwe’s crises in the “Second Republic”. It uses the case study of Auntony Zinyange’s photographs to examine the use of photographs to portray the “Second Republic”. While photographs are credited for being “authentic”, “factual” and “record undisputed evidence”, this study, informed by the constructionist approach in photography, argues that photographs are a construct and the vision/reality they bear is selective and coded. Therefore, the study argues that photographs are used to “stipulate” and produce discourses on the Zimbabwean crises in the “Second Republic” with the aim of structuring power relations. Using visual discourse analysis as a method of analysis, which arguably presents a holistic analysis of photographs, the study found that the “Second Republic” is portrayed as having shattered people’s dreams. Resultantly, the country is framed as having changed the driver while the old car has remained the same. Zimbabwe is witnessing a “change without change”.

摘要

本文探讨了新闻摄影在调解津巴布韦“第二共和国”危机中的作用。它使用阿姨 Zinyange 照片的案例研究来检验照片用于描绘“第二共和国”的情况。虽然照片被认为是“真实的”、“事实的”和“记录无可争议的证据”，但这项研究以摄影的建构主义方法为基础，认为照片是一种建构，它们所承载的愿景/现实是有选择性的和编码的。因此，该研究认为，照片被用来“规定”和产生关于“第二共和国”津巴布韦危机的话语，目的是构建权力关系。使用视觉话语分析作为一种分析方法，可以说是对照片的整体分析，研究发现，“第二共和国”被描绘成粉碎了人们的梦想。结果，这个国家被认为更换了司机，而旧车保持不变。津巴布韦正在见证“没有变化的变化”。