Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Stories with Pictures

After reading the article about images it made a lot of sense to me what Morris was trying to say.  The idea that images can tell a story is and make it believable is something that I find to be true.  I think that a story can be told with a series of pictures but it has to be with a series of pictures.  For example, if I was to show someone a picture of my family, I would assume that they would know it is a picture of a family and if they knew me they would recognize that it is my family.  Although they may know that it is a family they wouldn’t know anything about me or my family or what we have done.  One picture cannot tell a whole story but if I was to show many pictures of my family and things that we have done it would better be able to tell a story of what we have done.  I have attended a summer camp for the last ten years of my life and I could go on and on about the stories that I have.  There is also a flickr page that has hundreds of pictures that tell the story of life at camp.  I can get a story from the life that the pictures represent.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/campwarren/

2 comments:

  1. Very good post. The family picture is a smart way to explain a picture without a caption, more so out of recognition. The idea of telling a story not through just one picture, but many is a very strong point as well. Good job!

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  2. I agree with you that series of photographs can be effective for telling a story without words explanation. i checked the pictures you have provided on the flikr and it make sense for me to understand how those pictures work as a whole for illustrating a story. Indeed, you did a great job for stating your viewpoints!

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