Prepare a Photo Essay that reflects upon your memories or experiences with food, family, and traditions.
Purpose of the Assignment
This assignment launches our semester-long conversation about food and its various impacts upon our personal lives, health, cultures, politics, societies, economies, and the natural world.
Objectives of the Assignment
By the end of this assignment, you will have
- evaluated sample photo essays and the essential elements of effective photo essay design
- defined a theme for your photo essay
- written a paragraph and brief captions that meet good standards of writing and include the necessary components of the assignment
- selected images or photographs that appropriately connect to your photo essay’s theme
- practiced the act of citation for materials that come from other sources.
Plan for Writing
- Identify the topic and the theme of your photo essay. The photo essay should develop a personal narrative that paints a picture of food cultures, traditions, or memories that are relevant to you.
- Select 6 – 10 photographs or images to include in your photo essay. These photos or images may be your own, or copied from internet sources. If you are copying from external sources, be sure to cite the source by providing the web address. Although simply providing the web address is not the correct citation form, it will be accepted in this assignment because we have not yet launched a full discussion about source citations.
- Select the application that you will use to create the essay. You may create your essay in Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, or other similar software. If you experience challenges, consult with me right away.
- In an introductory paragraph, provide background about the selected food culture, details about what makes this food culture unique, and a description of why this food culture is relevant to you personally. Your introduction should prepare your audience for the images that are to follow.
- Following the introductory paragraph, include the photographs or images, displaying them as artistically and as well as you can.
- Provide one- or two-sentence captions for each of your photos. The captions should explain the image and connect it to your essay’s theme
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