I’ve given you several examples of photo essays below, chosen more or less randomly (though I like all of the ones included here). As you examine the photo essays below, ask yourself these questions about them:
What effect does the arrangement of the photos have?
What story or stories do the photos tell?
What does the photographer seem to emphasize? (landscape, architecture, people, etc.)
What themes can you identify in the photographs? How?
What tone to the photographs have? (humorous, distant, angry, compassionate, etc.)
How would you define the photographer’s technique?
What statements or ideas (if any) do you think the photographer is trying to convey?
Walker Evans Photo Essay – Businessmen:
Walker Evans Photo Essay – Chicago:
Walker Evans Interview (at bottom of page):
Bruce Davidson – Time of Change:
Bruce Davidson – Brooklyn Gangs:
W. Eugene Smith – Country Doctor:
(there are also links to other Life Magazine photographs in this section)
Sim Chiyn – The Mean Streets of Vietnam:
Links to other photo essays here:
You can find dozens of other examples yourselves.
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