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Snapshot and Narrative: Photographs which tell stories
Snapshot and Narrative was created as part of Photograph - online learning and teaching photography resources. This text accompanies the Snapshot and Narrative Online Resource. In an age of digital, the Photograph online resources concentrate upon elemental and experimental ways of making images with light. While many of the ideas can be used just as easily with digital cameras (such as snapshot and narrative), other modules focus on lower tech methods which remind us of the origins of photography (such as making sun pictures and building a camera obscura. These resources concern themselves with making black and white images, and with tone, contrast, shadow and light. Resources in this series: Introduction to the AccessArt Photograph Resource Snapshot and Narrative
Rummaging though an old chest of drawers, a box, or even the family album will reveal photos of people you are close to. Nevertheless, many family photographs are a different category of photograph than snapshots. They are celebration photos: staged and carefully set up to commemorate an event like a birthday, or a wedding. The snapshot proper has an unstaged feel to it. The subject, or at least one of the subjects, is not fully aware of the photo being taken. Producing true 'snaps' requires a kind of wasteful attitude. Try shooting a whole film on a subject. By being wasteful your 'victim' will soon become tired of posing! Try and take photos of children, or animals who might be less aware of your action. Or get a friend to agree that you can record him/her in an activity which requires concentration or engagement with other things. Other resources in this series: Introduction to the AccessArt Photograph Resource |
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