Editorial Photography; Extraordinary

  Understanding Editorial Photography.



"Imagery that supports the written word."


Extraordinary; "Very unusual or remarkable"


With the brief research I've done and lectures I've attended so far i have gathered that editorial photography must result in imagery that has a story behind it, or photographs which are taken purposely to put along side a written story. Because as a part of this project, the images our class produces are going to be put into a magazine made by us, i understand that i must have a story behind my images, or something which can be written along side them, interesting enough for a viewer to read. Through experience of previously learning about photography and narrative, i now know that i don't need to seek out a story to put with my images, as all images have a narrative or story behind them.

So far i have had a few ideas, however i am most attracted to just going out and capturing whats on my door step. I intend to capture images in my own village, and within any local towns or cities in the north east i may visit soon. I feel that just by photographing whats around me to begin with, i will be able to generate or even just stumble across more interesting concepts. When it comes to extra ordinary i feel that i'll no doubt come across things locally that even i find extraordinary, such as extraordinary individuals, if not, it will certainly be viewed as extraordinary to someone else, somewhere, as the imagery will be of a culture and area many people have never properly known.