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The Photo Essay
1. The Photo Essay
Telling Stories With Pictures
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2. Types
• Time Sequence
• Location Based
• Ideas/Conceptual
• Event
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3. Types
• Time Sequence
• Something where there is a clearly
delineated timeline for the story. Cliff
Diving, Bird Nest Hunters, Fire Fighting etc.
• Shot in a linear fashion (Life)
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4. Maude Callen
• W. Eugene Smith Life “Nurse Midwife” Dec 3, 1951
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5. Maude Callen
• W. Eugene Smith Life “Nurse Midwife” Dec 3, 1951
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6. Maude Callen
• W. Eugene Smith Life “Nurse Midwife” Dec 3, 1951
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7. Maude Callen
• W. Eugene Smith Life “Nurse Midwife” Dec 3, 1951
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8. Maude Callen
• W. Eugene Smith Life “Nurse Midwife” Dec 3, 1951
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9. Maude Callen
• W. Eugene Smith Life “Nurse Midwife” Dec 3, 1951
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10. Types
• Location
• Allows for non-linear story telling
• National Geographic type of story, at the
Grand Canyon, India, The State Fair
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12. Types
• Idea/Concept/Theme
• Diverse set of images that are used to illustrate
a complex idea, ex. Identity or there is a tool
employed to explore a theme that allows us to
compare/contrast ex. Breast Cancer Pink
• Time Agnostic
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13. Menzel
• Hungry Planet
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19. Types
• Event
• News - War, Famine, Health etc...
• The most wide ranging, includes all
previous types of essays
• Can also be about little things as well
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22. Find Your Topic
• What interests you, what is something that
you would like to discover or learn about?
• What would you be comfortable spending a
lot of time on?
• What can you draw from in your past
experiences?
• Is there just someone who is ?
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23. Research
• Learn, learn, and get more learned
• Talk to those who you are going to
cover
• Find all resources available to you
• Call everyone, 3 times
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24. The Real Story
• After research, your questions should
help you develop your angle
• What will your approach be?
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25. Emotion
• Anger, Fear, Sadness, Joy
• Use empathy as a tool to tell your story
• Not manipulate but draw out the
emotions that will best tell the story
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26. Plan
• Make a “Shot List”
• Each shot (10) should be a sentence in
a story that will be used to convey a
concept or emotion
• “How would I say this?”
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27. The “Life” Photo Essay
• Introduction/Establishing Shot
• Medium (The Who or What?)
• Close Up (Details)
• Portrait
• Interaction
• Signature (Key Elements, Decisive Moment)
• Sequence (The How or an Event)
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28. The Narrative
• All Stories have ...
• Complications/Conflict and
Resolutions
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29. Story Arcs
• Standard 8 elements in almost all
stories
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30. Story Arcs
• Standard 8 elements in almost all
stories
Stasis
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31. Story Arcs
• Standard 8 elements in almost all
stories
Stasis
Trigger
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32. Story Arcs
• Standard 8 elements in almost all
stories
Stasis The Quest
Trigger
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33. Story Arcs
• Standard 8 elements in almost all
Surprise
stories
Stasis The Quest
Trigger
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34. Story Arcs
• Standard 8 elements in almost all
Surprise
stories
Stasis The Quest
Trigger
Critical Choice
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35. Climax Story Arcs
• Standard 8 elements in almost all
Surprise
stories
Stasis The Quest
Trigger
Critical Choice
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36. Climax Story Arcs
• Standard 8 elements in almost all
Surprise
stories
Stasis The Quest
Trigger
lasreveR or Critical Choice
Consequence
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37. Climax Story Arcs
Conclusion
• Standard 8 elements in almost all
Surprise
stories
Stasis The Quest
Trigger
lasreveR or Critical Choice
Consequence
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38. The Narrative
• It helps people understand a story in an
emotional way, the “what’s next” is the
hook, keeping the viewers on the edge
of their seats... The plot, the resolution
to the problem can help the viewer to
care and in some cases, motivate to
action!
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39. W EUGENE SMITH
• “What use is having a great
depth of field, if there is not
an adequate depth of feeling?”
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