A photo essay, as its name indicates, is telling a story with pictures. A good story has a smooth flow of words with appropriate paragraphs and breaks in between. The same rules apply for photo essays.
If you think that collating several images and putting them together constitute a photo story, think again. Recently, CNET Asia attended a workshop organized by Sony in Bali, Indonesia, where the company invited Magnum photographer Abbas to guide us on how to take pictures and string them together to tell a story.
An example of how a photo essay should look online.
We spent two days photographing the life of Balinese people, pointing our lenses at not just the sceneries, but also their culture. We visited obscure areas such as a small fishing village which was untouched by tourism, and participated in a religious ceremony that takes place once every 10 years in a temple.
Here, we're not just sharing pictures that we took while in Bali, there are also tips and tricks from Abbas on how to craft your own photo essay.
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