Sample Photo Essays

So our new unit is about places . . . A "photo essay" is one way of writing about places, and I need you to read/look your way through the following examples:

1. A Time photo essay by photographer James Natchwey, "Sept. 11, 2001"
2. Another by photographer Herman Krieger, "Mall-Aise: A Look at Shopping Malls in America"
3. Another Time photo essay, unattributed, "The End of Cabrini-Green"
4. An iPhone photo essay by Tui Snider, "Chandor Gardens, the Secret Gardens of Weatherford, Texas"
5. Another one on "The Making of Ethan's Viola" (I know it's not a place, but it's still interesting).

As you read/look, think about what their PURPOSE seems to be. Try to think about the variety and type of IMAGES we get and their ORDER. Think about the WRITING that's done to accompany the photos. And importantly, use what you learned from Horowitz's book: what vantage point or perspective seems to be driving each of these?