From the course: Douglas Kirkland on Photography: Storytelling through Photography
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Telling a story of a person
From the course: Douglas Kirkland on Photography: Storytelling through Photography
Telling a story of a person
Douglas: Where good storytelling begins is really thinking about the subject that you're with. That's really the difference between taking pictures and really telling a story. And of course it should be telling in, information, it's not just about making a pretty picture, each picture should have a meaning to it. Because the individual out in front of you, and what you're doing, that's what's important, and that's where your story is really going to come from. (MUSIC) What I'd like to do now, is tell you about a story I've wanted to do, and I've just completed. My wife and I, Francoise and I, don't go out to restaurants very much, but when we go out there's always one place we go to. It's where a couple of friends of her's have created a restaurant, Nicholas and Frederique and they are two brothers who have a wonderful restaurant called the Little Door. We thought about this very carefully before launching into this project because what you have to have is clear idea of what you're…
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