Photography as Narrative

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The idea of narrative is an extremely effective tool when applied to . In this video I explore three different examples of professional photographers utilizing narrative to communicate visually in book form.

Included in this video:
Erhan Coral
Svetoslav Ivanov
Jim Graham

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Ted Forbes
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Photography as Narrative

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25 Comments

  1. Ted is KILLING it with vids – love the photobook series and images which live on their own!! I make them myself.

  2. Having a multi-decade portfolio embodies both an intended and an unintended/unconsciousness narrative or sorts. I love what you do with the channel and wish you many decades of photographic exploration, Ted!

  3. Thank you for introducing me to some great photography I would not have discovered otherwise.

  4. I know these type videos don’t generally pay the bills, but it’s always like a holiday when they appear. This was very informative and felt like a great throwback to classic “AoP”!

  5. Dear Ted, thank you very much for your nice words and appreciation to my work. You have no idea what it means to me and the extra boost it gives me to pursue my photography with more fervor.Thank you..

    1. Awesome book! I love your work! πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

  6. Awesome, To maintain a narrative structure can be very challenging. Especially when you’re fond of an image or images that do not quite fit. I often tell my students that to be able to kill darlings will result in a more concise story. I really like the very different approaches you have shown here. Thanks, Ted!

  7. Fantastic presentation, with valuable and inspiring information abd inside. Thanks for sharing.

  8. Oh wow one can see and learn a lot from all three books, thanks for sharing Ted Forbes and thank you for your terrific channel!

  9. Three excellent books and a very informative review. The book on the foxhounds is magnificent!

  10. Thanks Ted. My own style leans towards a more narrative process of telling a story in a sequence of images. I am inspired by Robert Frank’s The Americans and by tutorial videos, other documentary photographers Videos I have seen on sequencing of images.

  11. Thanks for incorporating a more focused lesson with the mail. I was struck with a narrative idea of my own

  12. This was inspiring. I’m already wondering what narratives I might address. It feels like a great way to kick start my passion when I get that old feeling that it has all been done before. Thanks, Ted. Oh, and the beard looks great.

  13. you get so much great stuff from the viewers Ted thanks for sharing, Im sturggling with this myself how to sequence what to put in what to leave out, its almost paralyzing – I guess you just have to print and start storyboarding or something along those lines and see what evolves

  14. What do you do when you love Photography but seem to have lost the passion for it? I still love doing it but find it difficult to actually go out and shoot as I feel like I’ve done every picture/photo possible where I live. How do you keep the drive going? Is it inevitable that you lose the passion or is it just a “block”? Because I’ve had this block for four years if so…how do I get past it?

  15. Enjoyed this video. Particularly love Erhan Coral’s book.(so much so that I had to go looking on IG for more of his work) Thank you for sharing.

  16. That last book the photos were amazing. There was one shot with the dogs heads only looked like a portrait shoot with humans sort of thing but with the pack of dogs. 30 years though, that really gives you something to think about ❀️

  17. Thanks Ted. I really enjoy these types of videos. I know they aren’t big money makers, but they are much appreciated.

  18. Fantastic video on the subject of “Narrative” in photography. Presenting my images as various narratives is an idea that has been at the back of my mind for some time. The books you chose were great examples and inspirational as well.

  19. Ted, I appreciate your work and thoughts and observations so muchβ€”thank you. I’m right now working on a book project placing photography and poetry together. There are characters in the poems and I’m curious your (and others’) thoughts on utilizing models overtly to represent the narrative that is implied in the poems? I’m not thinking this will take on the feel of a graphic novel, but I’m curious about the idea of when to use words and when to use photos to convey narrative and feeling. It’s got me really considering what each art form provides in terms of experience. Great video, super helpful for me on this project. Thank you.

  20. Man, the pictures in the book β€žAlone In The Cityβ€œ look amazing! πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯ Thank you for sharing this. ✌🏻

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