The photo essay I found was on the late Joe Paterno. The gallery goes through pictures starting with the beginning of his time at Penn State in 1950 and ends with a nice picture of him leaving Beaver Stadium alone to symbolize the end of his time as the head coach of the Penn State football team. It is a timeline of pictures throughout his life which recently ended. This photo essay has a wide audience because so many people were touched by either Joe Paterno personally, or Penn State and its football team. Also, it has a wide audience because of the national scandal that surrounded Penn State and Joe Paterno when the allegations of Jerry Sandusky came out. This essay is interesting because of the recent death of Joe Paterno and because of how big his legacy is at one of the biggest football schools in the nation. Also, these pictures have an impact on me because I attended Penn State before I came to Temple, and I loved Joe Paterno just as much as any other student. I think the strongest image is the last image of him leaving Beaver Stadium because it signifies the end of his time as the coach of Penn State, and the eventual end of his life.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2098952,00.html
The photo essay entitled “Haiti: Out of the Ruins,” was done by renown war photographer James Nachtwey. The photo essay captures the true essence of the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, the devastating state it left the country in. Since the photo essay was posted on the Time website, the likely audience of this photo essay would be people reading news or current events. The essay is interesting and very provocative. Sure, we all heard about the earthquake in Haiti, but it was just news, how many of us actually witnessed it? Nachtwey did an amazing job with this photo essay. Like all of his work, he isn’t afraid to capture what most of us don’t want to really see. The kids with limbs blown off, the starving villages, the piled up dead bodies. This specific photo essay has great impact because it gives us insight on Haiti’s recovery and how the earthquake left the poorest country in the western hemisphere in utter calamity. The most captivating image was the picture of the children amputees in the outdoor tents. It made me think, why are we not doing anything to help in Haiti’s relief right now? We helped out those first couple of months, but after a while everything died down. Part of the caption under the image read, “Compassion is the ultimate motivation in a natural catastrophe. The challenge is to maintain it for the long haul and not allow it to die with the headlines”.
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1957522,00.html#ixzz1lHhLiiJ7
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2104896_2332087,00.html
The photo story I looked at was The Year of the Dragon. Instead of celebrating the new year on the first of January like in the U.S., people in China celebrated the year of the Dragon on January 23rd, 2012. The audience for this photo story would probably be for anyone who is interested in the Chinese culture and believe in Chinese astrology, for example anyone who might be a Dragon in Chinese astrology might be interested in this photo story. This photo story depicts the Chinese traditions of the New Year.
The photo story that I read was about life during the great depression. I think that you would see this photo essay in an American history class. The picture that stood out for me was one of a house that someone built for his family. This house is made of scrap metal random pieces of wood, and would topple over if a strong enough wind came.
I chose a photo essay that depicts the history of Pixar Studios, one of the largest growing animated studios in the last 25 years. The photo contains multiple characters from the 3D animation company such as Woody and Buzz Lightyear, the first of their kind, all the way up to the latest box office hits like Up and Ratatouille. The essay goes through the mega-corporations history from it’s first involvement with Disney studios to its annexation and foundation as a solo company. The photo collage offers multiple characters all surrounding the “Pixar” logo with the original desk lamp that was in the company’s first short film as a pitch to Disney studios in the late 80′s. It shows how far the company has progressed as a whole by offering visual evidence of their success while also, like the company and films itself, applying to a youthful audience of children. I also think it’s a nice collage for inspiring design students who can see what happens with hard work and the right amount of luck.
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I found a photo collage of Joe Paterno, showing photos of different years throughout his time coaching at Penn State. I think it’s targeted audience is anyone who was effected by the life of Joe Paterno, whether it be his players, friends, family and even just the fans like myself. I think the most meaningful photo is the last one, where it shows Joe standing in the tunnel about to head out onto the field. It shows the light of the football stadium shining down on him, perhaps symbolizing the light at the end of the tunnel, of Joe’s acceptance into heaven. http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2098952_2321565,00.html
I always like to look viiphoto.com at for interesting photo essays. One on lead poisoning in Nigeria caught my eye. The essay focused around the small scale “artisan” gold mines where much of the acute lead poisoning is occurring. The dust from the crushed ore contains lead and has so far resulted in the death of over 500 children. It is considered the worst outbreak of lead poising today. The photo essay is particularly good because it shows the rough environment of these small mines and the many children that work there. It is displayed in a scrolling gallery and accompanied by several short paragraphs detailing the situation. I think the strongest image is tenth image in the gallery. It shows an man wearing a mask covering his mouth and nose and dust of the ore encircling his face. It put the issue right in the audiences face and causes them to connect with the man. The audience is anyone who views VII.
http://www.viiphoto.com/index.html
http://photophilanthropy.org/gallery-posts/a-band-of-exstreet-kids/
This photo essay shows a group of former street kids in Uganda who play in a brass band at their orphanage. The most interesting image is the photo of the boy playing the trombone. The photo is blurry from him moving. The photo essay has a strong impact. It made me feel good that kids who had a horrible situation are somewhere that they get the opportunity not only to live under a roof, but also do fun things like play music.
The photo essay I chose is by photographer Jan Sochor. It is a collection of pictures from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, that exemplifies the starvation and poverty that is rampant there. The pictures were ironically taken in the summer of 2008, which was before the country was hit with a devastating earthquake in 2010. I’m sure the photographer didn’t have a specific audience in mind when she took these pictures, but instead wanted anyone and everyone to be able to see how the people of Haiti are suffering. The photos are quite interesting because they show a wide variety of people, who are of all different ages. Many of the pictures show how residents of Haiti obtain their food, and of the not so pleasant things they are often forced to eat in order to survive. One photo that really stood out to me was a picture of a little girl’s hand reaching down to grab a bird, which she was about to pluck alive and eat. With no money, this was her only option at the time for food. It’s pretty much impossible to look at these pictures, and feel no sort of impact from them when you see the faces of people who are struggling to survive. Someone who sees this photo essay might want to reach out and lend some sort of “helping hand” to those impoverished.
I found a photo essay titled ‘Snow Blankets East Coast’ consisting of photos from January 21st of this year in New York City when it finally snowed this winter. I think that the audience is anyone who maybe lives on the East Coast and knows that we have not had any snow so far this winter. Also, i think it is an interesting photo essay because the weather patterns this year have not gone unnoticed and i don’t think anyone on the east coast was expecting snow. So when it finally snowed it was definitely newsworthy. The impact it has is that it just shows what people in New York City did when the snow hit. There are pictures of people just gathering in the street with their kids and their sleds going outside to play. It shows that some people really enjoy the snow. Other pictures were of people shoveling the snow, there were images of snow plow trucks on the highways. This photo essay just showed every aspect of New York City when they accumulate snow. The strongest image I think is one of a delivery man crossing Third Avenue in Manhattan during the snowstorm. You can see him pushing a cart of all his deliveries all wrapped up and he is walking through the snowfall. This action phone was the strongest it shows that people didn’t stop working and their everyday life.
