The entire concept of visual world has recali-brated our optic field and thus photography plays a vital role in information generation. It is true that few photographers have grown beyond the boundaries but still majority is on a constant strive to get the attention in an increasingly visually oriented environment. Therefore the photojournalists must make use of visual storytelling techniques to be-come better storytellers.

Today photography has become an egregious component of communication be it tradition-al or new media and every journalistic pho-tograph should tell its own story. If a photo-graph is able to make the viewer surprised, emotional, or just stimulated to think about it then the photographer becomes a success-ful story teller. The storytelling tools frame the photograph in ways that underpin and strengthen the contents. I am sure a writer may take several hours to convey a complex idea through his words but a photographer can convey it with just a single still image, and can illustrate quickly what a thousand words can do.

A Better Story Through

A Better Click

Deeju Thomas

ContentsThe line between life and death.................

Not a drop to drink.............................................

What lies beneath................................................

The pond turned into pit....................................

For sale..................................................................

Blocked still protected........................................

Kochi at a glance on strike..................................

Life at risk.............................................................

Silent killer............................................................

Lighten up.............................................................

Organic food fest in kochi..................................

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Editor : Deeju ThomasCover page : Siby MathewDesigning and layout : Akhil VarghesePhotographers : Jackson , Ben Antony V.T , Siby & Correspondents : Jackson , Ben Antony V.T, Siby &

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Geoily

Geoily

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The line between life and deathSometimes indi-viduals become inhuman and pa-tience of ambu-lance drivers is really put to test when they pass through the city. Ambulance getting stuck in the traffic is a common sight in Ernakulam. If this is the situation with the ambu-lance then can you think of the pa-tients who come in ordinary vehicle? They neither get the public support nor police help.

Most of our roads are really con-gested and there are occasions when people do not respond to the siren. Almost all ambulances in the city got siren lights and horns but how many of them has got mi-crophones? Am-bulance drivers have the option of using micro-phones to convey to the obstructing crowds the ur-gency of the situ-ation but it is not followed as well.

Antony V. T

Time: 5.30 .P.M,

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North Over Bridge

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Time: 4.45 P.M, N H Bypass , Palarivattom

The Pond Turned Into a Pit

Not a Drop to DrinkWater supply pipe in Kadavandhra has been leaking for a long time and thou-sands of liters of water are overflowing every day. If the there is an overflow wa-ter in the river then the dirty water gets into the pipe and that is being supplied to the public.

A pond in Subhash Park, near Marine Drive becomes the dumping ground of the waste. The unnoticed and badly maintained pond is now used by the visitors to dispose their waste.

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Antony V. T

Antony V. T

What Lies Beneath

Cochin corporation takes the initiative to clean the canal in perandoor. The corporation authorities have taken the initiative in completing the premonsoon cleaning of canals, drains and culverts across the city.

Blocked Still Protected

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It is true that the fallen branch of a tree across the footpath at the Boat Jetty Junction causes obstruction to the pedestrians but a sincere salute to the people who have taken the initiative to protect the tree from destruction. The clothes and coconut shells have been effectively made use of protecting the branch from being hurt by the iron bars.

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For Sale

Nowadays the city is affected by water scarcity and the packed drinking water suppliers utilize it in the maximum by increas-ing the price . Drinking water has also become a black market business in cochin.

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Kochi At A Glance On Strike

A man walking in scourging heat in Ernakulam.

A poor man sleeping in front of a shop.

Shops are being closed in palarivattam.

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Ben Sanches George

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The strike affected even the boat service in the city

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Kochi At A Glance On Strike

A poor man sleeping in front of a shop.

People travelling in a truck in the absence of buses.

Ben Sanches George

Ben Sanches George

Ben Sanches George

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Crows tearing the garbage bags sitting by the road , the garbage men didn’t pick it due to strike

The strike affected even the boat service in the city

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Jackson

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Life: At-Risk

Construction workers always put their life at risk without proper safety measures. There is no official checking on constrvuction sites for safety measures so many a time contractors make use of this opportu-nity. This picture is taken at pipeline junction where three workers carelessly put their life at risk.

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Unauthorized parking is very common in Kochi. It is against the law virtually everywhere to park a vehicle in the middle of a highway or road; yet parking on one or both sides of a road are commonly seen but parking under the shades of unauthorized parking sign boards are even worse.

Who Cares?

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Silent Killer

Multinational companies are out with new tech-niques to pollute the air. They use huge flux boards to cover up the pipes that discharge pol-luted smoke. Many of the restaurants and fast food joints are also following the same style and these silent killers remain unnoticed to the authorities and even to the public.

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This photograph is taken from N.H Bye Pass , Palarivattom. If you travel across Cochin you will see several signboards like this. According to the traffic rule sign board should be “Green” in color and letters should be written in “white”. Where does the blue come from? Even if it is an advertise-ment still it violates the advertising regulations. Whatever it may stand for let us hope that these glamorized signboards will help the passengers reach their destination safely.

A lustrous street light at noon near Thamanam rail-way over bridge in Kochi. During this summer the city faces several power cuts due to the insufficiency of power. We spend lack of rupees to create public service announcements to create awareness among public to save electricity. Humble plea to the author-ities wake and help us!

Lighten Up!

Ready To Fall

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Jackson

The life of pedestrians at risk near Er-nakulam Medical Center (EMC) due to an electric post .The people who live in the locality says that the post has had this curvature since 2006 and after sev-eral complaints even today the authori-ties have not taken any initiatives to re-place it.

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G l a m o r i ze d Sign Board

The organic food feast organ-ized by the Central and the State Agricultural Ministry was a successful event. The Agri-cultural Minister K.V. Thomas inaugurated the fest. Spices board, Khadhi board and Coir board where main sponsors .

Organic Food Fest

Real Protection

This is a picture taken from North Rail-way over bridge in Kochi. The workers engage in replacing the flex board with-out safety measures. They work on the basis of daily wages by putting their life at risk and neither the advertising agen-cies nor the authorities take care about their life. Antony V.T

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Safety at Stake

Big thanks to the Kerala state Forest Depart-ment for the creating wonderful platforms for advertisers to place their ads. KFD has got several yearly plans for planting trees across on highways and other places and they do it every year. But it is badly main-tained. Broken fences and dried up plants are common sights on our bypass road. But it has become a great platform for the poli-ticians and advertisers to place their ads. Who knows they must be protecting the plants from the heat.

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Akhil

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