Sunday, January 25, 2009

Mimi Chakarova documentary photographer

Mimi Chakarova is a photography professor at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, and has two amazing multimedia pieces on her website. Definitely check each piece out here and here. Chakarova uses music and background noises instead of interviews for audio, and allows the pictures and interspersed quotations to tell the story.

I think it works, but I'm not sure about the ethics of music selection. Is it ethical to choose music to intentionally set mood and effect, or should the photos speak for themselves?

1 comment:

Jackie said...

I really, really like how the quotes are placed in between the pictures. Good choice of font. It definitely matches the mood of the piece.