photojournalism& visual storytelling aau part 1

Visual Storytelling & ��� Documentary Photography���

Part 1 Ida C. Benedetto Addis Ababa University Jan 28, 2010

  What  photographs  did  you  find?  

  [assignment:  find  and  analyze  a  photo  from  a  newspaper]  

Dlisbona/Flickr  

  Did  Donna  Ferrato  say  anything  that  interested  you?  

  [assignment:  Read  Donna  Ferrato’s    

  Essay  in  “Witness  in  Our  Time:  The  

  Working  Lives  of  Documentary  

  Photographers”]  

  Did  Peter  Howe  say  anything  that  interested  you?  

  [assignment:  Read  Peter  Howe’s  

  Essay  in  “Witness  in  Our  Time:  The  

  Working  Lives  of  Documentary  

  Photographers”]  

Donna  Ferrato  Living  with  the  Enemy  

  “Much  of  the  book  was  born  out  of  frustraMon  -­‐  first,  because  I  felt  powerless  in  the  face  of  the  violence  I  had  seen,  and  second,  because  for  a  long  Mme  no  magazine  would  publish  the  pictures.”  

  hRp://www.donnaferrato.com  

“When he started in on the baby, I had to call the police,” Yvonne said. Men who batter women often abuse children, and they in turn may grow up to become abusers. 1982

Garth  corners  Lisa  in  the  bathroom  while    hunMng  for  his  cocaine  pipe.  1981  

While  Lisa  cries,  Garth  ransacks  the  bathroom  Searching  franMcally  for  his  cocaine  pipe.  1981  

Suddenly  Garth  turns  and  hits  Lisa.  1981  

The police responded to Mary’s call for help and listened to her as she cried that her husband had gone berserk because dinner wasn’t ready when he got home from work. They held her husband in another room so she could talk freely. He denied everything, and said she was afraid to press charges against him. The police left without making an arrest. 1988

“I hate you! Never come back to my house,” screamed the eight-year old at his father as police arrest the man for attacking his wife. 1988

A policeman in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, tries to console an abused woman bleeding from a head wound. 1983

Late one night, Martha lay in pain with a stab wound in her Leg in the emergency room of a Philadelphia hospital. She said, “He didn’t mean it. You have to believe that the person you love wouldn’t intentionally do this kind of thing.” 1987

When Diana was rushed to Minneapolis emergency room, her chest was covered with black tire marks. Her boyfriend had driven over her with his truck. In shock and still a little drunk, she tried to remember how she’d landed on the road. She and her boyfriend had been arguing. 1988

Portrait of Hedda Nussbaum, whose adopted daughter died of physical abuse by Nussbaum’s husband. 1987

What is this photo essay about?

How does the photographic style help communicate the topic of the essay?

How do the captions effect your reading of the photographs?

What is the photographer’s relationship the subjects of the photographs?

Who is the intended audience for the work?

Lauren  Greenfield  Kids  +  Money  

  “From  rich  to  poor,  Pacific  Palisades  to  East  L.A.,  kids  address  how  they  are  shaped  by  a  culture  of  consumerism.”  

  hRp://www.laurengreenfield.com  

What is this photo essay about?

How does the photographic style help communicate the topic of the essay?

How do the captions effect your reading of the photographs?

What is the photographer’s relationship the subjects of the photographs?

Who is the intended audience for the work?

Edward  Burtynsky  The  End  of  Oil  

  “These  images  are  meant  as  metaphors  to  the  dilemma  of  our  modern  existence;  they  search  for  a  dialogue  between  aRracMon  and  repulsion,  seducMon  and  fear.”  

  hRp://www.edwardburtynsky.com  

SOCAR Oil Fields #6���Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006

SOCAR Oil Fields #9���Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006

SOCAR Oil Fields #4���Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006

SOCAR Oil Fields #2���Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006

SOCAR Oil Fields #1a���Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006

AMARC  #5  Tucson,  Arizona,  USA,  2006

Auto  Wreckers  #2  Tucson,  Arizona,  USA,  2006

Oxford  Tire  Pile  #8  Westley,  California,  USA,  1999

Burning  Tire  Pile  #  1  Near  Stockton,  California  1999

Shipbreaking  #13  ChiRagong,  Bangladesh,  2000

Shipbreaking  #23  ChiRagong,  Bangladesh,  2000

What is this photo essay about?

How does the photographic style help communicate the topic of the essay?

How do the captions effect your reading of the photographs?

What is the photographer’s relationship the subjects of the photographs?

Who is the intended audience for the work?

Ida  C.  BenedeRo  Santa  Anita  La  Union  

  “Applying  the  revoluMonary  principles  they  learned  with  guns  in  the  mountains,  members  of  Santa  Anita  work  with  machetes  and  internaMonal  organizaMons  to  achieve  the  same  goals;  a  dignified  existence  based  on  equality  and  sustainability.”  

  hRp://www.idaimages.com  

Valerio  holds  freshly  roasted  coffee.

Sergio holds bullets he saved as mementos.

On  the  wall  inside  a  home  at  Santa  Anita  La  Union.  ,  memories  of  fighMng    in  the  guerrilla  army  are  mixed  with  family  events  and  pasMmes.

Teresa,  with  Lorena  on  her  back,  leads  the  family  home  for  lunch  ager  working  in  the  field    during  the  morning.  The  children  help  with  fieldwork  when  school  is  not  in  session.

Lila  and  Aracheli  cool  off  in  the  water  fall  on  the  farm.

Community  members  listen  to  Angel  make  a  proposal    at  a  community  meeMng.  

Drying  the  coffee  beans.

Women  sort  coffee  beans  for  roasMng.  Vilma,  right,  had  leg  the    guerrilla  army  to  find  safety  in  Mexico  when  she  became  pregnant    with  Maria,  leaning  over  her  shoulder  in  the  picture.  Vilma’s  lover  died    in  combat  shortly  agerward.

Sergio,  a  former  guerrilla  commander,  oversees  the  coffee  roasMng.  By  roasMng    their  own  coffee,  Santa  Anita  has  the  opMon  of  selling  their  product  locally  to    tourists  at  a  beRer  price  than  exporMng  the  raw  coffee,  even  on  the  fair  trade  market.

The  face  of  Che  is  more  frequently  displayed  in  Santa  Anita  than  in  other  parts    of  Guatemala.  Some  guerrillas  recieved  training  in  Cuba  during  the  early  1980's.

The  community  hosted  the  proper    burial  of  companions  who  died  in  baRle    over  20  years  ago.  Some  two  hundred    thousand  people  were  killed  or    disappeared  during  the  civil  war.

The community’s soccer team is named after a famous commander who died in the war, Luis Ixmata.

Community  members  gathering  in  the  church  to    Celebrate  the  9th  anniversary  of  the  peace  accords.

What is this photo essay about?

How does the photographic style help communicate the topic of the essay?

How do the captions effect your reading of the photographs?

What is the photographer’s relationship the subjects of the photographs?

Who is the intended audience for the work?

Travis  Dove  Skate  Rats  

  “Less  than  500  people  live  in  the  town  of  Rutland,  OH,  but  hundreds  more  migrate  in  and  out  of  its  borders  every  year  to  visit  one  88-­‐acre  farm  called  Skatopia.”  

  hRp://www.travisdove.com  

  hRp://blueeyesmagazine.com/?/essay/indiv/skate_rats/  It was very difficult to get the captions from the online essay. Please see the essay on the Blueeyes Magazine website for captions.

What is this photo essay about?

How does the photographic style help communicate the topic of the essay?

What is the photographer’s relationship the subjects of the photographs?

Who is the intended audience for the work?

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Ida  C.  BenedeRo  www.idaimages.com  Idaimages@gmail.com      

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