How do photojournalists get the pictures that bring us the action from the world's most dangerous places? How do picture editors decide which photos to scrap and which to feature on the front page?
Find out in "Get the Picture", a personal history of fifty years of photojournalism by one of the top journalists of the twentieth century. Meet John G. Morris, a legend of photojournalism, whose unerring eye for the best shot has moved and changed the world.This award-winning documentary recounts the remarkable life of Morris, the revered Life Magazine photo-journalist who brought us many of the images that defined our era, from photos of the London air raids and the D-Day landing during World War II to the assassination of Robert Kennedy. He tells us the inside stories behind dozens of famous pictures like these, and provides intimate and revealing portraits of the men and women who shot them, including Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and W. Eugene Smith.
John G. Morris worked alongside many of the greatest names in photography, during some of the most pivotal moments in the 20th Century. Morris, former Picture Editor of Life Magazine & New York Times was instrumental in the early years of Magnum with his friends and peers Robert Capa & Henri Cartier Bresson. This film covers serious subjects; the coverage of conflict through photojournalism, a sensitive view of humanity and a search for peace in the world. A firm believer in the power of images to educate and persuade, Morris nevertheless warns of the tremendous threats posed to photojournalists today by increasingly chaotic wars and the growing commercialism in publishing, the siren song of money that leads editors to seek pictures that sell copies rather than those that can change the way we see the world. 'Get the Picture' provides a distinct insight into the power of one man's passion for photography.

Produced & Directed by Cathy Pearson ; Ferndale Films with Irish Film Board and RTE