We watched a movie about the people of the Appalachian mountains. These people practiced traditions that basically no one else has in a really long time. They killed a pig on camera. It was gross. There was a large amount of controversy about how to actually show cases these people without exploiting them. Kelly, the photographer, is from the area and he is trying to tell the story of his people. The photographer would always make sure his subjects were okay and understood his photos before asking for permission but that wasn’t enough for all viewers of this work. In the class we all seemed to have different impressions of the film. It also seemed that context is the most important thing for photos like this.

Environmental Portrait:

Use the five attributes of a good Environmental portrait.

-Uniform: Show what the person wears to work, their uniform and just what informs the position at work
-Environment: Make sure where the photo is being taken really informs the viewer of what the subject does and what they do on a day to day basis
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Photo Reporting & Storytelling

Group by relationships: Complementary, Content leading design
Contrasting,
Sequence to create narrative:
Thematic
Chronological

Each photo needs to feed into the story at hand. Pictures should be connected through groups and the context that appear within it. Redundant groups are made up of photos that repeat themes so decided which is better. A complementary relationship is where groups of photos are connected but have different subject matter. Do things in the manner that they happned. So if going outside, then go outside and then go back inside to show the change of time.