Introduction to Photojournalism: Capture Powerful Stories
How to Build a Story through Images
A course by Finbarr O'Reilly , Photojournalist
About the video: How to Build a Story through Images
Overview
“Finally, you'll learn the essential elements needed to build a story, and how to set about getting them. ”
In this video lesson Finbarr O'Reilly addresses the topic: How to Build a Story through Images, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Photojournalism: Capture Powerful Stories. Learn how to research stories and document them through photography to create meaningful and engaging narratives.
Partial transcription of the video
“ How to Build a Story through Images In this lesson, you're going to learn about the essential elements needed to build a story and how to go about getting them. For this, we're going to look at some of the work that I photographed shooting fashion in Senegal, and most of what I'll be showing you is a random selection of pictures. When building those pictures into a story, we'll apply that in a later lesson. A couple of other things we want to be thinking about are things like an establishing shot, a wide shot that sets the scene, that shows us where we are, that gives us the sense of plac...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Photojournalism: Capture Powerful Stories
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Digital Photography, Documentary Photography, Outdoor Photography
Finbarr O'Reilly
A course by Finbarr O'Reilly
Finbarr O’Reilly is an award-winning Irish-Canadian photographer and multimedia journalist based in Barcelona, with more than 20 years of experience. He has spent most of his career producing industry-leading coverage of conflict zones, complex humanitarian crises, and issues concerning social justice. He is driven to tell stories that may otherwise be overlooked, represent a range of voices, and challenge preconceived perspectives about people and places, creating a sense of human connection.
Finbarr lived in West and Central Africa for over a decade documenting conflicts in several countries in those areas. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and works for organizations such as the Nobel Peace Prize. He has won numerous awards for his photography and multimedia work including World Press Photo, Laureate Carmignac Photojournalism Award, 2020 Emmy Award, and 2012 Academy Award best documentary shortlist. He’s held academic fellowships at Yale, Columbia, and Harvard universities, and is the author of the nonfiction memoir, Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War.
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