Sparrow
Veteran
I don't, clearly a photo is more likely to cross a language barrier than, em, language ... that's why it's called a language barrier ... but I expect you knew that
bonatto
looking out
I don't think it get's much better than this:
http://www.darcypadilla.com/thejulieproject/intro.html
http://www.darcypadilla.com/thejulieproject/intro.html
bigeye
Well-known
Not to compare, Fred, but this image tells a complete, universal story - the object of the press and it's use of imagery, no? It's a pretty fundamental question...
bonatto
looking out
Not to compare, Fred, but this image tells a complete, universal story - the object of the press and it's use of imagery, no? It's a pretty fundamental question...
Rather than a story, to me this picture evokes a more universal emotion. Photographs to me are highly ambiguous for some reason...
Hosermage
Well-known
I think a photograph doesn't have to tell _THE_ story, but _A_ story to the viewer. It could be a different story to each viewer, based on their own background. The point is to elicit that extra dimension in the viewer's mind and emotions; while the specifics may be the different, the plot is universal (for a good one).
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Dear David,
The vs. a is very close to what I was about to say, except that rather than 'have to' I'd say 'can', and I'd add that even a good picture can tell the 'universal plot' only of a very short, simple story.
Cheers,
R.
dct
perpetual amateur
Thank you for sharing this amazing and touching story. I'm concerned but still think this is a serious and very nice tribute to poor Julie.
And here I'm back on topic because this story wouldn't come across profound as it does with the images only or only with the text.
I will keep this in mind for my next projects.
Nescio
Well-known
^^+1
On the A vs THE story, remember Borges' "Funes the Memorious"?
Nescio
Though it sort of ruined my day... Well, let's say it changed my mood & temper (had to start doing something intrinsically untranscedental, like cleaning out the oven).
On the A vs THE story, remember Borges' "Funes the Memorious"?
Nescio
Gabriel M.A.
My Red Dot Glows For You
denizg7
Well-known
wow thanks for deleting my picture mod
back alley
IMAGES
denizg7
Well-known
Not to compare, Fred, but this image tells a complete, universal story - the object of the press and it's use of imagery, no? It's a pretty fundamental question...
Of course it wasn't my picture I am only 19
what about his then..
Nescio
Well-known
1936. Great Depression. Supposed to be free of copyright by now.
Perhaps that's also an answer as to why we're into the same s*** once more.
Nescio
Bob Michaels
nobody special
Dorothea Lange's photo, "migrant mother" is public domain as the copyright (if any) belongs to the US government / Library of Congress. She was an employee of the government when she made the photo, so it belongs to the US government. They have chosen to make it freely available. This is true of all the FSA photographs.
I do not know if the RFF terms say you cannot post photos of others in all cases or only photos of others that you do not have the rights to.
I do not know if the RFF terms say you cannot post photos of others in all cases or only photos of others that you do not have the rights to.
Sparrow
Veteran
... and it was going so well.
Did you get the Beno over there in the US? ... Dennis the menace, Gnasher and all that
Did you get the Beno over there in the US? ... Dennis the menace, Gnasher and all that
Roger Hicks
Veteran
Don't ask! You'd not believe what a snivelling little wimp the American "Dennis the menace" is -- nothing like the real thing.
Cheers,
R.
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
The first time I ran into the term 'visual storytelling' was when I read 'Lost of Laos', with the narrative on British war photographer Larry Burroughs and three colleagues being lost in a helicopter crash in 1971 over Laos, when they were reporting on the Vietnam war.
Burroughs was a master in visual storytelling and was granted awards for his ability to do so. He was acknowledged by many peers as being talented as a visual storyteller. His reportages were printed in Life, Time Magazine, many newspapers in the US and the UK, etc. They were always supported/elaborated with text.
In journalism, pictures are illustrations that accompany the words that tell the story. The words tell the story, the pictures show the story. To omit either one, would degrade the poignancy of the other.
I'm pretty confident that this is what the OP was driving at, not a debate on one picture being able to tell a story without any debate on what that story is. That seems rather academic and besides the point to me.
Burroughs was a master in visual storytelling and was granted awards for his ability to do so. He was acknowledged by many peers as being talented as a visual storyteller. His reportages were printed in Life, Time Magazine, many newspapers in the US and the UK, etc. They were always supported/elaborated with text.
In journalism, pictures are illustrations that accompany the words that tell the story. The words tell the story, the pictures show the story. To omit either one, would degrade the poignancy of the other.
I'm pretty confident that this is what the OP was driving at, not a debate on one picture being able to tell a story without any debate on what that story is. That seems rather academic and besides the point to me.