Narrative Photography: Tell a Community's Story
Elements of a Photograph
A course by Andrew Kung , Photographer
About the video: Elements of a Photograph
Overview
“Now that we've approached the topic of personal style and aesthetics, let's delve into the basic theory. What are the different elements that make up a photograph? I will touch on the environment, lighting, and composition. ”
In this video lesson Andrew Kung addresses the topic: Elements of a Photograph, which is part of the Domestika online course: Narrative Photography: Tell a Community's Story. Learn how to plan, shoot, and edit a long-form photography project to create a series of images inspired by the story you want to tell.
Partial transcription of the video
“Elements of a Photograph Last lesson, we started thinking about how you can find your voice as a photographer. In this lesson, we'll deconstruct all the elements of a photograph and go into each element from the environment, lighting, and composition. When you deconstruct a photograph, there are many different elements that go into an image and different considerations that you have to have as a photographer. Let's look at each element, break it down and look at some of the examples. Starting with the environment, that's one of the first considerations that you have to have as a photographe...”
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Course summary for: Narrative Photography: Tell a Community's Story
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Photography & Video -
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Photography, Portrait Photography

Andrew Kung
A course by Andrew Kung
Andrew Kung is a Brooklyn-based photographer working across genres to explore themes of race, identity, and belonging. His work images tender and intimate moments and recontextualizes how Asian American life is viewed and represented. Andrew’s bodies of work have been featured on Dazed, i-D, Vogue, Artsy, AnOther, NOWNESS, CNN, NBC, and The New York Times and he has worked with selected clients such as Glossier, The New Yorker, L’Officiel, Paper Magazine, Beats by Dre, and HBO.
Outside of making images, Andrew has guest lectured at universities such as SVA, FIT, School of The New York Times; he has won awards like PhotoVogue’s 100 Next Great Fashion Image Makers, LensCulture’s Summer Open, and Photolucida’s Critical Mass with resulting group exhibitions in Massachusetts, Seattle, and London.
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