Photo Essay
PAPER: PHOTO ESSAY
Create a Photo Essay
- Select a partner to work with on this assignment. Most of the work will have to be done at home.
- Select a topic for your photo essay and submit it to me for approval. (Examples of topics: Teenage Stress, Why Teenagers Need Sleep, Preparing for College, Awaiting College Decisions, Free Time) Once I approve your topic, you will also need to create an interesting title.
- Find or take photos that tell your story. You must have a minimum of 10 photos. (You must use photos, not clipart.)
- Write text to help convey your story. Since photos will compose the heart of your essay, you should use no more than 5 sentences of text per photo. Remember: the photos should be central, not the text.
- Create a PowerPoint to display your photo essay. Include a title slide that includes the title (obviously), both partners’ names, and the date.
- The size of the text on slides will be smaller than on usual PowerPoints because a photo essay is meant to be viewed by one person with a computer, not an entire group viewing a PowerPoint in an auditorium.
- If you prefer to use audio or video in creating your photo essay, that is fine.
- If your slide contains information that is not common knowledge, you must include a Works Cited page at the end of your presentations. Sources must be listed according to MLA guidelines.
- Include a slide that wraps up or concludes the presentation.
- The final slide in the presentation should be blank.
We will view photo essays in class; therefore, please do not include any photos or information that you would not want others to see.
Please visit Time Magazine’s photo essays to get ideas.
Photo Essays that Tell a Story