Hi Friends! Welcome to Photo Club.
For this challenge, we are going to talk about how adding text to our images can help us tell a story.
For this project, I was inspired by Wendy Ewald’s series “American Alphabets”. In the series, Wendy talks about how the first images she saw were next to letters in an alphabet book. As their alphabet images came together it became a cultural self portrait of the community of students she was teaching.
Check out the videos below to learn more and get inspired to tell your story!
Videos
1. Welcome to Photo Club - Intro Video
2. Photo 101: Image and Text
3. Spanish Alphabet - Wendy Ewald
4. African American Alphabet - Wendy Ewald
5. White Girl Alphabet - Wendy Ewald
If you are inspired by this challenge and create your own, be sure to submit them to us for feedback or tag us on instagram @MOPASD
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Funding provided by the special interest license plate featuring the image of Snoopy, with permission and support from Peanuts Worldwide (Section 5169 of the Vehicle Code) for the Museum Grant Program under the California Cultural and Historical Endowment.
Example Images
Here are some example photos for inspiration!