2. It is the shortened
version of the term
WEB LOG.
It refers to a regularly
updated journal on the
internet.
3. It was John Barger who coined the
word “weblog” in 1997 and then shortened
to “blog” by Peter Merholz in 1999.
4. The word BLOGGER is used to refer to the
person with a blog.
5. A diary, a letter, short story, vignette,
poem, journalistic narrative, even a
novel may be posted on the internet
as part of a blog.
Blogs may be classified according to
their purposes.
Art Blog
Music Blog
Photo Blog
Personal Blog
6. Blogs democratize the public sphere by giving
the opportunity to individuals, regardless of
their social status, gender or race to articulate
their thoughts and opinions on issues whether
local or international.
8. It is series of pictures that evokes an
emotion, conveys an idea or tells a story.
It expresses an artist’s personal ideas through
narration or exposition in the same way an
essay does, but it does so through
PHOTOGRAPHS.
9. The pictures in the essay are not put
together in random.
Each picture serves a purpose as an integral
part of a whole, the same way each
paragraph in an essay serves as an essential
component to form a unified piece of prose.
10. Narrative Photo Essay tells a story through a
sequence of events.
Thematic Photo Essay focuses on a central
theme and presents photos relevant to the
theme.
11.
12. AFTERMATH
It explores the
humanity prevalent in
situations of extreme
anguish and personal
destruction.
It is a photo essay
portraying the
resilience, resolve and
poignancy of a
community that has
lost everything they
have ever known, yet
manages to steal
moments of joy in the
midst of devastation.
