REMEMBER THAT YOU ONLY NEEDED TO ANALYZE 50 OF THE TIME PHOTOS. THOSE OF YOU WHO WENT BEYOND WILL RECEIVE EXTRA CREDIT.

Learning targets: I can analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.

I can determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.

Photo essay narratives.

“It is difficult to get the news from poems, yet men die miserably every day for lack of what is found there.”

― William Carlos Williams

A photo narrative is a collection of photographs

that tell a story, convey an emotion, explore a

theme or a location. They can range from purely

visual to photographs with captions,

to photographs accompanied with some

text, to fully narrative essays where photographs

are used only to illustrate the story.

Below you will find four photo essay narratives. Each

employs a series of images to tell a story. Look over the

four and select one that resonates with you. Then look

more closely at the images. See them. That means note

the setting, placement of people and objects within the

frame, use of color and shadows, as well as foreground

and background. Where was the photographer in relation

to the subject? Is this a close-up, medium shot or

establishing shot? What connects the photos? Are there

obvious narrative transitions?

As with any narrative, there is a unifying theme, but the

images are our paragraphs, providing both the

supporting evidence and analysis.

Open a word document, and take notes on what you see.

These, of course, will be subjective. Pose questions,

make observations, reflect and comment.

Your notes will be the catalyst and inspiration for your

writing.

ASSIGNMENT SPECIFICS: Please send both your

extensive notes and written response by midnight on

Thursday TOGETHER!

Once you are quite satisfied with your notes, respond

to the following in approximately 250 words:

What is the story that __________ is telling

in his / her photo essay __________________?

Your well-written response-sans language convention errors- along with your notes are due by midnight Wednesday. Your analysis component will count as a writing grade, whilst your copious notes as a class participation grade. . As this is a two-day assignment, both items should demonstrate a high-level of proficiency.

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