David Griffin on how photography connects us

This is a great TED video on how photography creates narrative. Some of the images are truly affecting.

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Comments(2)

    • kellimcgraw

    • 15 years ago

    Another excellent TEDtalk! And another one that will be great to show in my introduction to digital storytelling. Adding it to my blog now – thanks 🙂

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    • darcymoore

    • 15 years ago

    Here is an amazing coffee table book (you may find at a library) of the Pulitzer Prize (Photography) that is really stimulating – and occasionally, powerfully disturbing:

    http://www.amazon.ca/Moments-Pulitzer-Photographs-Visual-Chronicle/dp/1579120784/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219473436&sr=1-4

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