Introduction into narrative photography

Narrative photography

Narrative photography is often percieved as a photograph that tells a story but after considering this generalisation, I looked at my own photographs and the photography of others; such as those who inspire me, my concept of narrative photography is a wider.

 To me, narrative photography is everywhere and can be used to provide a visual message or statement and it can also be used to visually express something such as feeling or to narrate something such as the news and happenings in the world. 

When looking at photographers for inspiration I found a wide range of different narratives in photographs from the likes of jeff wall whom creates a lot of constructed photographs to the likes of Eddie Adams a war documentary photographer. 

After researching different photographers and questioning their work, I have realised every photograph can have a narrative but everyone can have their own personal perception of what it is therefore it can be difficult for a photographer to portray their own narrative in their photographs.