This article describes the text type , narrative mechanism , the way of currency and meaning translation of news photography text and then finds out the intension model hidden behind itself , and analyses how news photography is used and how it is entitled meanings and up to the height of society constructed - ness , runs out of journalism and communication theory frames . at the same time , the problems that news photography probably faces in the digital era 在对其详尽分析的基础上,本文描绘了新闻摄影的文本类型、叙事机制、流通方式以及图片文本的转义现象,并由此挖掘出新闻摄影背后隐藏的意图模式,对新闻摄影如何被使用、如何被赋予意义等过程进行了解读式的分析,并把这种分析上升到社会建构的高度,在一定程度上超越了讨论新闻摄影原有的新闻传播学框架,同时还在这个过程中讨论了数字化时代新闻摄影所可能面临的一些问题。