Introduction
A photo essay is a set of photographs selected to tell a story or make the viewer feel a certain emotion. Photo essays may contain no text. In this case, the photographs must speak for themselves. On the other hand, the photographs may have captions or brief notes to explain their meaning. Photo essays can be designed to be viewed in a particular order. They can also be unsequenced. The viewer can then decide how to examine the photographs and accompanying text.
Task
Create a photo essay about The Modernist American Movement, analyzing the literary works, their authors’ biographies, and historical backgrounds discussed in class. Use CANVA.
Process
You must follow the steps below to create your photo essay:
1. Review the information you have collected. Look for big ideas about The Modernist American. Choose one main idea that you think is important. It should be one that relates to all three authors studied (Frost, Eliot, and Steinbeck) and their works.
2. Create a thesis statement that clearly states your main idea and suggests which points will be discussed in the body paragraph.
3. Create the body of your photo essay. Write five points that you want to make to prove your thesis statement.
4. Select photos that will illustrate each of these points.
5. Organize your points and the photos into an essay.
6. Make sure that the viewers look at the photos in a certain order. For example, you might number the photos or use arrows to show the “path.”
7. You must also use quotes (citing tittle, author, and year only) from the sources you examined that relate to each sentence of the body paragraph and their pictures.
8. Create a concluding statement for your essay.
Evaluation
Evaluation Table
Conclusion
In conclusion, this photo essay project will be a journey of visual storytelling, capturing moments frozen in time. Through this project, you will exercise your skills as visual storytellers, learning to look beyond the surface and seek out the deeper stories behind each photograph. Moreover, this project will enhance your appreciation not only for the art of photography but also for the American Modernist Movement and its most renowned authors such as Frost, Eliot, and Steinbeck.
As we conclude, this photo essay project will perhaps help you recognize a different way to report on books, tell stories, or simply convey a message. Images usually continue to hold meanings and significance beyond a given moment. They have the potential to inspire change, ignite conversations, and leave a lasting impact on those who engage with them.
Make sure that your collection of photographs serves as a testament to the power of art and storytelling, reminding us of the beauty and complexity that surrounds us. Let it encourage us to be more aware of the beauty of this literary and artistic movement.
Credits
RESOURCES
1. Instructional Video: American Modernism
2. Poem - The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
3. Summary of the Poem The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot
4. Kahoot Quiz on Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
https://create.kahoot.it/share/of-mice-and-men-review/451531c6-bc81-4133-8d98-a8299b8d21e7