Story-Telling

An exploratory learning guide

Migrant Mother, Dorothea Lange (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Migrant_Mother_(LOC_fsa.8b29516).jpg)

“To know ahead of time what you’re looking for means you’re then only photographing your own preconceptions, which is very limiting, and often false.”

–Dorthea Lange

To Do

1. Key readings: Telling Stories with Photos and The Magic of Storytelling
2. A diptych or a triptych. Here is a good primer on how they work
3. A five-image series. A series is a group of images of or about the same object, concept, or idea (i.e., dogs, love, pollution).
4. A five-image story. Think about it like a five-paragraph essay.
5. A written reflection. This should incorporate what you’ve learned from reading the key readings and by planning and executing your assignments. Here are some questions that could help direct your reflection:

• What would you say the importance of telling stories through photography is?
• What are some things unique to storytelling with photography that you have to consider while shooting?

Inspiration

Interview with Robert Capa, Lewis Hine and his photography helped end child labor in the United States, Lisa Kristine photographs modern slavery, Twinkie Ingredients, Ruth Gerber, Symmetric Faces Diptych, Subculture Differences Diptychs, Series on Eating Dinner, Angelo Merendino’s Photo Essay on his Wife’s Battle With Breast Cancer, Native Americans from the Early 1900s, The Equipment You Need

Tips Ideas for Image Groups, Creating Story, Photograph from the Heart, Working on Photo Projects, Creating a Legacy, 11 General Tips, Tips from a Pro (video)