What is Narrative Photography?

Narrative Photography is storytelling through pictures – where the question is often more important than the answer. There can be so many different ideas linked to this. Narrative can be photojournalism, it can be telling a whole story, or telling small parts of them. What I like to see when I look at narrative photography is parts of the story. I like this because it then enables you to think, and pose questions. Narrative is respected in the photography world. The reason being is because it can be so difficult to capture the right image. Many people attempt narrative, only a handful can pull it off brilliantly.

The pure intelligence these photographers must have inspires me. They are imaginative and have such wonderful ideas. Because there are so many ways in which narrative could be taken, it must be hard to find the right idea to go with and be what people would want to see. You have to get this bit right, because if you don't then people won't think highly of your work. You need to listen to what people want to see in photography if you want to be considered as anything more than an amateur.