What is a photo essay?
A photo-essay (or photographic essay) is a set or series
of photographs that are intended to tell a story or
evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often
show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely
photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays
with a few or many accompanying photographs. Photo essays can be sequential in
nature, intended to be viewed in a particular order, or they may consist of
non-ordered photographs which may be viewed all at once or in an order chosen
by the viewer.
People who have undertaken photo essays include Bruce Davidson,
W. Eugene Smith, Walker Evans, David Alan Harvey, and Andre Kertesz.
· An article in a publication, sometimes a full page or a two-page spread. Newspapers and news magazines often have multi-page photo essays about significant events, both good and bad, such as a sports championship or a national disaster.
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A book or other complete
publication.
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A web page or portion of a web
site.
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A single montage or collage of photographic images, with text or
other additions, intended to be viewed both as a whole and as individual
photographs. Such a work may also fall in the category of mixed media.
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An art show which is staged at a particular time and
location. Some such shows also fall in the category of installation art.
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A slide show or similar presentation, possibly with
spoken text, which could be delivered on slides, on DVD, or on a web site.
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In fashion publishing
especially, a photo-editorial – an editorial-style article dominated by or entirely
consisting of a series of thematic photographs
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