To the photographer the world is a rich, vibrant, almost inexhaustible source of inspiration for capturing or telling narratives; everyone and every place has a story to tell. Unfortunately, for the audience these stories can be truthful, fictional or used to sell, persuade or even deceive. In this project, you are to produce an initial body of practical and secondary investigation, which develops your understanding of how visual narratives are employed in these key areas of photography, Documentary, Editorial and Fine Art.
Narrative Themed Pinterest Boards
A selection of Pinterest boards that cover different areas of narrative photography. For each section, I have highlighted two creatives that I feel particularly inspired by.
Potential Development:
- Top Gear Magazine
- Life Magazine
- Magnum Photos
-
Potential Development:
- Burger King 'Burning Stores', by DAVID The Agency.
- Calvin Klein '#MyCalvins'
- Comparing different adverts for the same type of product, detailing the similarities in the communication techniques.
Potential Development:
-
Potential Development:
- Martin Parr
- Berenice Abbot
- War Photography
- Documentary style portraits
Potential Development:
- Roger Deakins
- Mako Miyamoto
- Movie Posters
- Colour Grading
Brainstorming
Using the boards, I have created a number (5) of brainstorms/bullet point lists of theme developments
References
Davidtheagency.com. (2017). DAVID The Agency. [online] Available at: http://www.davidtheagency.com/ [Accessed 22 Nov. 2017].
En.wikipedia.org. (2017). Academy Award for Best Cinematography. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Cinematography#Winners_and_nominees [Accessed 22 Nov. 2017].
En.wikipedia.org. (2017). Documentary photography. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Documentary_photography#Notable_documentary_photographers [Accessed 22 Nov. 2017].
Miyamoto, M. (2017). Behance. [online] Behance.net. Available at: https://www.behance.net/neonwerewolf [Accessed 22 Nov. 2017].
Pinterest. (2017). Jonathan Lester (jlester0242). [online] Available at: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/jlester0242/ [Accessed 22 Nov. 2017].