theory of genres

The article is about the fact that in modern mass-media photos more and more often become not only a visual background to informative, analytical or journalistic text, but as headlines attract attention of audience. Such kind of approach increases quality requirements of illustrative material in modern periodicals because popularity of texts which are published in newspapers and magazines depends on that. Some separate photos might become a kind of visual factage which does not need any verbal explanation. 

This article is about that in modern conditions in system of genres of journalism which is used to represent something characteristics and definitions of certain genres become too blurred and not clear. Theorists and practitioners of photojournalism give their, sometimes not justified, definitions to genres which much more disorients people, who are trying to master the theory of photojournalism. The author pays attention to that in publications about essence and purpose of genres some genres, even photo reportage, are interpreted in different ways.