Research: Picture Stories

Picture stories are techniques commonly used in newspapers and magazines. Photojournalists report media in a way of interpreting news. Picture stories however, can be seen easily as inconspicuous

The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper. Founded in 1821 as a local paper. The Guardian Newspaper and Magazine has redeveloped the photo-history of picture stories, as it has impacted readers from over 150 years.

Virginia Wade wins Wimbledon 1977, Guardian front page

Fred Perry wins Winbledon in 1935, Guardian photograph of Perry and runner up G von Cramm
From the archive: When Fred Perry and Virginia Wade won Wimbledon Compared to the wall-to-wall Andy Murray coverage, the Guardian was more muted when Fred Perry and Virginia Wade won Wimbledon

The Guardian is renown for its technical response to society, and ever changing life events and

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“INTO OBLIVION” PUBLISHED ON THE 11.12.2010. It is a five-page spread layout and the first publication of the series, underlining the lives of elderly people. The words of this article have been written by Andrea Gillies.

 

 

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This technique is very efficient, it draws readers in.

Another example is Motion Picture Magazine. This was an American monthly fan magazine about film, published from 1911 to 1977. It was the first fan magazine.

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Vilma Banky Portrait from Idols of the Silent Screen — Ronald Colman & Vilma Banky Magazine Portrait from Motion Picture “Classic,” March 1927

 

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Motion Picture Magazine 1944

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The aim is to make sure the reader can interpret the image in a certain way. obstacles like captions can throw away the original perceptions you want the reader to consider.

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