If you read newspaper a lot, you may notice that there are several different editing choices when it comes to photojournalism. An photo editor has to decide either to use one giant facial close-up picture or 5~7 photos shot from different angles with different sizes.
There are some common rules for photo editors when they have to choose which photo to use, which not to.
- Lager images draw viewers’ attention and show more details, which can increase the number of readers.
- Running different sizes can add contrast and change the pace of the story.
- Pictures in pairs: Don’t use 2 or more pics when one can sum all up. But when pics complement each other, 2 or more pics will say more about the story.
Here are 2 major different types of photo editing for newspapers or magazines. One is photo story, one is photo essay.
Photo story is defined as visual narrative with beginning, middle, ending. Images are interrelated with each other.
Photo essay explores a situation and expresses a point of view. Each photo makes its point, and together they make a larger more significant statement.
Today, we will talk about one of my favorite photo stories (a multimedia project)–A Mother’s Journey.
A Mother’s Journey is a documentary photograph work started by Renee Byer in 2015. It recorded the final days of a tumor patient Derek Madsen and how his mother Cyndie French spent the rest of his days with Derek.

This project has won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography. The Photography Channel helped to make a multimedia piece, including Renee and the mother’s interview.

Cyndie is a single mother of 5 children, and she quitted her job after Derek was diagnosed a cancerous tumor in his abdomen in 2015 when he was 10. Cyndie tried everything she could to comfort her son.

The interview of Renee’s is basically her telling stories behind these images, their conversations and their feeling at that time, which strikes a chord with the viewers and amplifies sadness of whoever is watching this.

This is a well established example of multimedia, including interview audios to enhance the impact of still images. It would be better to include interviews of Derek, if he wanted to share his thoughts. From the story telling perspective, I do want to know more conversations or even quarrel between Derek and Cyndie, environment sound in the hospital, etc. But we all know, that this is a heart wrenching story, and we all should show our respect to Derek and Cyndie.



When the little black squares are placed randomly (without proximity), they are perceived as separate images, no particular meaning. However, when you place all little squares together orderly (with proximity), although they are still separate from each other, they can be seen as a group, which combines them to a big square.




















店に入ると、すぐ壁に飾ってある女優マリリン・モンローの写真が目に入る。モンローが大好きだという。左の棚になんと、全部モンローのポスターだ。(チラシ一枚いただきました。)
常連さんも多くて、いつも和気藹々な雰囲気で挨拶を交わしている。
加藤さんの最強ランキングtop5。石原ちゃんが見事に一位に輝いた。僕の一位は桐谷美玲ちゃんだけどね。
いつも不機嫌に見えるけど、実はすごく面白くて心優しいお爺ちゃんです!ぜひ、「加藤青果商店」に一度足を運んでください。素敵な店です。






















