This is a brief excerpt from thePhoBlographer
“A picture is worth 1000 words…” and while this cliche may be both tired and incredibly overused, there is still some truth and value to it. When you create a photo-story (or photo-essay) you are relying on images to do all the talking for you. What this means for you, the photographer, is that your images need to: convey a range of emotions that cater to a universal audience flow in a cohesive manner, construct a viable story and be concise enough to only include what’s completely necessary. A photo-story can be an incredibly powerful delivery system for a personal message, or sharing a story that can appeal to a global audience. Without words to accompany them, images are forced to stand on their own and deliver their message in a way that can be understood by anyone.
Angelo Merendino chose document an extremely tough story to tell: the story of his wife’s struggle with breast cancer. With Angelo’s deeply personal set of images we are taken through the full spectrum of emotion from: joy, strength and incredible courage, to sadness, frailty and the anguish of death. This is a prime example of an effective story, and one …
By: Chris Gampat
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