1. Visual Storytelling &
Documentary Photography
Part 2
Ida C. Benedetto
Addis Ababa University
Jan 28, 2010

2. Photo
Edi)ng
Photo
edi)ng
is
the
cra1
of
selec)ng
either
one
photograph
for
a
story
or
grouping
a
series
of
photographs
to
work
together.
Photo
edi)ng
is
as
important
to
good
visual
storytelling
as
shoo)ng
pictures.

3. Things
As
They
Are:
Photojournalism
in
Context
Since
1955
Mary
Panzer
Chris)an
Caujolle

4. Things
As
They
Are:
Photojournalism
in
Context
Since
1955
Mary
Panzer
Chris)an
Caujolle

5. Words
Pictures
Photographers
o1en
debate
what
words
can
and
can’t
do
for
photographs
and
vice
versa.
Cap)ons
should
add
to
the
photograph
rather
than
simply
repeat
it
in
words.
Cap)ons
are
only
one
way
words
and
images
work
together.

7. Women
sort
coffee
beans
for
roas)ng.
Vilma,
right,
had
le1
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
a1erward.

8. 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

9. The
Bowery
in
two
inadequate
descrip4ve
systems,
Martha
Rosler,
1974–75
“The
Bowery,
in
New
York,
is
an
archetypal
skid
row.
It
has
been
much
photographed,
in
works
veering
between
outraged
moral
sensi)vity
and
sheer
slumming
spectacle.
Why
is
the
Bowery
so
magne)c
to
documentarians?
It
is
no
longer
possible
to
evoke
the
camouflaging
impulses
to
“help”
drunks
and
down-­‐and-­‐outers
or
“expose”
their
dangerous
existence.”

14. Installa)on
view.

15. Rich
and
Poor
Jim
Goldberg,
1985

23. Print
is
Dead
Well,
maybe
not,
but
some)mes
it’s
fun
to
pretend.
Here
are
three
projects
that
present
photos
differently.

24. In
Silence
Susan
Meiselas
with
Human
Rights
Watch,
2009
“Each
year
half
a
million
women
around
the
world
die
in
childbirth.
Twenty
percent
of
those
deaths
are
in
India.
Most
of
the
deaths
are
preventable
with
access
to
proper
healthcare.”

25. http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/silent-maternal-mortality-india

26. Abul
Thona
Baraka
Eric
Godesman
and
Hope
For
Children,
Ethiopia
-­‐
2006
“I have often seen images from these projects
that undercut the good intentions of the
projects’ initiators by falling back into the
old stereotypes and power dynamics that
the collaborative process intends to avoid.
There are questions like: Who is editing
this material? Where is it being shown?
For what purpose? ”
http://www.ericgottesman.net/abulthonabaraka/abulthonabaraka1.html

34. The
Whale
Hunt
Jonathan
Harris,2007
“I
documented
the
en)re
experience
with
a
plodding
sequence
of
3,214
photographs...
The
photographs
were
taken
at
five-­‐minute
intervals,
even
while
sleeping…
establishing
a
constant
'photographic
heartbeat'.
In
moments
of
high
adrenaline,
this
photographic
heartbeat
would
…
mimicking
the
changing
pace
of
my
own
heartbeat.”
hdp://thewhalehunt.org

35. http://thewhalehunt.org

36. Visual
Poli)cs
Ethics
Who
can
see
what
and
how?
Why
do
certain
images
come
to
mind
around
certain
people
and
issues?
What
do
we
consider
acceptable
behavior
for
making
journalis)c
photographs?

37. Was
her
body
moved?
Carlos
Garcia
Rawlins/Reuters
Jan
Grarup
/Noor
Images
Port
au
Prince
Hai)
-­‐
Tuesday
19.
In
the
central
part
of
the
capital
loo)ng
is
gelng
worse.
Desperate
people
roob
all
the
stores
and
warehouses
they
can
get
close
to.
Police
try
maintain
law
and
order
but
can
not
control
the
increasing
crows.
15
year
old
Fabienne
lies
dead
on
the
roof
of
a
building
shoot
in
the
head
by
Police
while
loo)ng
a
warehouse.
she
stole
some
frames
with
pictures
of
flowers.
(cap)on
from
Noor
Images)

38. Embedded
Photography
Personal
Snapshots
Chris
Hondros/Gedy
Images
US
Soldier
Samar
Hassan
screams
moments
a1er
her
parents
Beginning
in
2004,
accounts
of
physical,
Were
killed
when
American
soldiers
fired
on
their
psychological,
and
sexual
abuse,
including
car
as
they
were
driving
home
January
18,
2005
in
Torture,
rape,
sodomy,
and
homicide
of
Tal
Afar,
Iraq.
Samar
and
four
siblings
survived
the
prisoners
held
in
the
Abu
Ghraib
prison
in
accidental
shoo)ng,
though
her
brother
Racan
was
Iraq
came
to
public
aden)on.
These
acts
seriously
wounded
and
later
would
be
flown
to
the
were
commided
by
personnel
of
the
372nd
U.S.
for
treatment.
2006
(Cap)on
from
World
Press
Military
Police
Company
of
the
United
States
Photo)
Army
together
with
addi)onal
US
governmental
Agencies.
Source:
Wikipedia

39.
Anthony
Suau
ARBAYA,
GONDOR,
ETHIOPIA
-­‐
September
1983:
World
Vision,
a
chris)an
relief
organiza)on
delivers
food
by
small
plane
to
a
remote
region
of
Ethiopia's
Gondor
province.
A
famine
begins
in
Northern
Ethiopia
at
this
)me
that
will
eventually
kill
as
many
as
1
million
people
within
the
next
12
months
due
to
drought
and
civil
war.

40.
Aizo(s)h!

41. Ira
Glass
on
Storytelling
–
taste,
talent
and
how
long
it
takes
to
get
good.
hdp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-­‐hidvElQ0xE

42. This presentation is licensed
Creative Commons.
Ida
C.
Benededo
www.idaimages.com
Idaimages@gmail.com