ATHENS, Ga., Oct. 16 -- The University of Georgia issued the following news release:
Mark E. Johnson started looking through the lens of a camera at a young age, but his calling as a photojournalism professor didn't come into focus until later in life.
Johnson's mission as a University of Georgia professor is to teach his students more than the mechanics of a good photograph.
"A great photograph stops you, and it makes you think," Johnson said. "It makes you ask questions. It makes you feel something. And, ultimately, it helps connect the viewer, through the photojournalist, to the person in that photograph."
Johnson grew up around photography thanks to his father who was an amateur photographer, using pictures as a means of triggering ...