This presentation illustrates two very different approaches to the assignment: one is very linear and the other more abstract. It can be used by teachers, students, or homeschooling parents to illustrate the power of images in a photographic essay to tell a story around a concept or theme.

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Photography Essay Ideas
(Subject: Travel)
Concepts & Photography by
Brendan Miel and Sean Sutherland
Valerie Michele Oliver
Instructor, Photo Concepts

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Assignment
• You have been approached by an editorial agent who markets
photographic essays. He has a publisher in mind who is
interested in books on the theme TRAVEL. The publisher has
seen plenty of books focusing on traditional travel themes, and
wants the book to reflect more creative points-of-view about the
subject and prefers a storytelling format. This is the kind of book
that would be on a person’s coffee table. It is purely a
conversational, mood-affecting, or thought-provoking book. The
publisher wants the entire book photographed, typeset, written
and designed by you – a full and complete product.
• Photos may be in black and white or color. Try to make the
majority of photos ones that you have taken, but you can also
add other people’s photos that fit the travel theme.

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Miel

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