The Assignment
A Photo Essay is a series of photographs that are intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. Photo essays range from purely photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with a few or many accompanying photographs. Photo essays can be sequential in nature, viewed in a particular order, or they may consist of non-ordered photographs that may be viewed all at once or in an order chosen by the viewer. All photo essays are collections of photographs, but not all collections of photographs are photo essays. Photo essays often address a certain issue or attempt to capture the character of people, places, or events. Used by world class photojournalists such as Lauren Greenfield, Bruce Davidson, Jan Sochor, Peter Menzel, James Nachtwey, and Joachim Ladefoged to name a few, the photo essay takes the same story telling techniques as a normal essay, translated into visual images.
Students will use proper camera techniques. digital imaging and/or darkroom processing to shoot at least 50 photographs (equivalent to 2 rolls of film) and present at least 6 photos (color and/or b+w) in a presentation that tells a story. The photographic essay should tell the story of a person or people, a place, an object, or collection of things, an event, or an issue and include images that thoroughly explore aspects of the student’s chosen topic. The final images will be chosen where each photograph works independently as well as part of a whole.
Your final images will be edited and turned in as well as composed into a printed magazine spread with text of some kind from your research, interviews, or other sources related to your photo essay. You must turn in a brainstorming page, a master example, contact sheets, and your final work all in a page on your Online Portfolio.
Students will use proper camera techniques. digital imaging and/or darkroom processing to shoot at least 50 photographs (equivalent to 2 rolls of film) and present at least 6 photos (color and/or b+w) in a presentation that tells a story. The photographic essay should tell the story of a person or people, a place, an object, or collection of things, an event, or an issue and include images that thoroughly explore aspects of the student’s chosen topic. The final images will be chosen where each photograph works independently as well as part of a whole.
Your final images will be edited and turned in as well as composed into a printed magazine spread with text of some kind from your research, interviews, or other sources related to your photo essay. You must turn in a brainstorming page, a master example, contact sheets, and your final work all in a page on your Online Portfolio.
Due Dates
2/02: Brainstorming Page and Master Example on a Online Portfolio Page.
2/14: Contact sheet analysis of roll #1 (film or 25 Digital images)
2/28: Contact sheet analysis of roll #2 (film or 25 Digital images)
3/09: Final edited images and InDesign spread of photographs and Online Portfolio Page turned in to print.
2/14: Contact sheet analysis of roll #1 (film or 25 Digital images)
2/28: Contact sheet analysis of roll #2 (film or 25 Digital images)
3/09: Final edited images and InDesign spread of photographs and Online Portfolio Page turned in to print.