{"id":140570,"date":"2019-04-25T18:33:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T01:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=140570"},"modified":"2019-04-25T18:42:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T01:42:09","slug":"what-is-a-photo-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/25\/what-is-a-photo-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Photo Essay?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A photo essay is an attempt (essay) to understand a place (and yourself) through the images you make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

For myself, my chief aim is to communicate my feelings, thoughts, emotions, and soul through the images I shoot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, my photos currently here in Hanoi, after being away for around 2+ years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Figuring it out as you go <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I like the idea of being flexible with your photo essays. Choose and select the photos you best feel convey your emotional and aesthetic mindset:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No pressure <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A photo essay (as well as a written essay) is simply an attempt. And attempts aren’t meant to be perfect. They’re meant to be genuine, honest, and direct:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Have fun with it! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

With photo essays, some tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Distill your images through your trip and life, and keep distilling. You don’t need to create a final or ultimate edit\/selection of your images. Just keep iterating your photo essays, and work on them however long you desire to. <\/li>
  2. With photo essays, don’t worry too much about the individual image; consider the overall emotion, message and theme you’re trying to communicate through your essay. <\/li>
  3. There’s no lower or upper limit for number of photos in a photo project, especially with digital and online publishing. My photo essays have ranged from 3 images to 300 images for a single essay. <\/li>
  4. Create your own rules for yourself: Good to study the rules of others, but don’t commit yourself to the tyranny of others. Learn from the masters of the past, but ultimately listen to yourself! <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Essay (attempt) on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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