An increasing number of documentary photographers and photojournalists have been embracing these evolving technologies and showing their documentary projects online in engaging multi-media pieces. Here are a few examples....
5 Places to Find Multimedia Documentary Photography Projects Online
In their words.... "MediaStorm is an award-winning multimedia production studio, working with top visual storytellers, interactive designers and global organizations to create cinematic narratives that speak to the heart of the human condition."
MediaStorm.com is a site that deserves its own recognition for hosting some of the most-relevant, high-quality multimedia documentaries online.
For over a hundred years, great documentary photographers have been photographing the human condition as a means of generating social change. Think of Lewis Hine and child labor, Dorothea Lange and migrant workers, Robert Capa and the Spanish Civil War, W. Eugene Smith and the effects of mercury poisoning in Japan... Many great documentary photographers are still shooting today; James Nachtwey, Sebastiao Salgado, Mary Ellen Mark, the Turnley Brothers, Carol Guzy, Carolyn Cole... the list continues...
Today, the multimedia format is offering documentary photographers a new way to showcase their work, reach a broad audience and hopefully generate social change as a result.
MediaStorm seems to be leading the charge in the rise of multimedia documentary photography projects. The organization gives documentary photographers who are ready to embrace evolving technologies a platform to share their work. The documentary projects showcased on their website are well-photographed, well-researched and socially relevant productions.
One project on this site that I particularly recommend is Driftless - Stories from Iowa by Danny Wilcox Frazier
The still photography in this project was shot with good old-fashioned black and white film, one camera(Leica) and one lens(35 mm). Then the photographer blended this old technology with a multi-media presentation format. Watch the whole project on the Media Storm website here... Make sure to watch the photographer video with Danny Wilcox-Frazier talking about his personal project and selection of formats in the final clip.
The Eddie Adams Workshop is a four-day photography workshop founded by the late Pulitzer-Prize winning photojournalist Eddie Adams; the event brings aspiring photojournalists together with top photography professionals to exchange ideas about the profession and shoot! In recent years, the workshop has incorporated the production of multimedia projects into its agenda and the results produced by the 2010 Eddie Adams Workshop students are fantastic.
This site is an excellent source for those wanting to see recently produced, high-quality multi-media journalism. The site, run by three anonymous photographers, links to outstanding pieces created by multi-media photojournalists around the globe. Go get lost on Multimedia Muse...
In their words: "This site hopes to offer tips, news and commentary about digital storytelling. Multimediashooter will highlight examples of multimedia story-telling with the hope of recognizing those who do outstanding work and helping those who want to."
This website routinely lives up to its outlined plan of teaching and sharing outstanding work. Multimediashooter regularly showcases outstanding multimedia projects; such as this great piece focusing on a mariachi band in East L.A. (Don't forget to also check out California is a Place; the makers of this piece!)
Newspapers surviving today have to adapt. The number of papers being delivered to people's doors have been dropping rapidly for the past decade; the majority of news consumers now read their news online. The Los Angeles Times is an example of a paper that has embraced and utilized the technologies available to photojournalists looking to tell a story over the internet and their photography regularly posts multimedia slide shows to cater to online viewers.
Looking at these examples, it's reasonable to argue that the future of documentary photography may lie in multimedia presentations. Multimedia photojournalism projects are one of the best ways to tell a visual story; once your story is online, it has the potential to heard by millions.
Do you have more recommendations for places to see great multimedia photography projects online? Let's here them...
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