Photographic Essay

Presented by:
Katherene Umali
Edward Vida
Joemari Villaflor
What Is a photographic
essay?
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⋆ A photo-essay is a set or series of photograph that
evokes an emotion,conveys an idea or tells a story.
⋆ It expresses an artist’s personal ideas through
narration or exposition in the same way essay
does,but it does so photograph does.
⋆ A photo essay may also propose an
argument,challenge our beliefs or encourage us to
reflect on our values,think critically and form
opinions.
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⋆ As with all visual texts,images takes primacy over
words in a photo essay.
⋆ It may come with explanatory paragraphs,but most of
the time,the words are minimal—a title,captions,and
some details to indicate context(when and where the
photos were taken,or other pieces of information)
⋆ It is important for the reader of a photo essay to
understand the symbolizes latent in each image.There
is always more than surface,literal meaning.
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Jun Ronquillo Tulao
⋆ He was born and raised in
Kawit,Cavite.
⋆ He was a professional Place your screenshot here
video editor and
photographer with a
passion for randomly
capturing life as it
unfolds.
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Jun Ronquillo Tulao
created a photo Place your screenshot here
essay entitled
“Biyernes Santo”

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 TWO TYPES OF PHOTO ESSAY
1.Narrative Photo Essay 2.Thermatic Photo Essay
⋆ Tells a story through a ⋆ Focuses on a central theme
sequence of events or actions. and present photos relevant to
⋆ They may follow an individual that theme.
or activity over a period of
time and present this story in
chronological order.

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 Elements that artists
consider in creating photo
essay

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 1.The Story-a photo essay represents a central
message or tells a story.The pictures make logical
sense to the viewer/sender even without a detailed
written article.
2.The Range of Photos-a photo essay is comprised
of variety of photos.There may be some wide angle
shots,some detailed,some portraits,some aerial
perspectives.The variety adds to its depth and
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 3.The Order of the Photos-the logical and creative
sequence of the photos is very important to
communicating the central idea of the photo essay.
4.Information and Emotion-the photos provide
information to convey context,and effective evoke
emotion.
5.Captions-the words chosen by the artist work
together with the images to produce meaning.
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