Assignment 5: Narrative and Illustration

Exercise: a narrative picture essay

An example of previous work that unconsciously fitted into the framework of this project.

The 'picture essay' - to quote the TAOP study guide for Assignment 5 - was conceived while attending a historical transport event. All the photographs were original taken in colour, but I transformed them into black and white to focus the eye on the characters and the action.

Looking back on these images, I realise I was picking up on the occurrence of circular shapes in almost every picture, as well as the expressions on the faces of those involved.

This work seems like a good basis from which to progress with the assignment requirements. I am thinking specifically of the suggestions made in the section entitled 'researching an event'...