Photo & Video Online Intermediate 1 h 15

Visual storytelling: telling stories through images

4,5 · 5 reviews · 0 enrolled

About this masterclass

A good photo tells a story. Mamadou teaches the visual storytelling techniques he uses in his reports for the international press.

From photo series to documentary reportage, learn to give meaning to your images.

What you will learn

Build a visual narrative

Choose and sequence your images

Write a photo synopsis

Present work to an editor

Prerequisites & materials

Regular photography practice

Program

Visual narrative codes

How an image tells a story.

20 min

Build your series

Selection, sequencing, editing.

25 min

Text and image

Captions, synopsis, statement.

15 min

Share your work

Press, exhibitions, social media.

15 min

Your mentor

Mamadou Diop

Photographer & Videographer, Diop Studio · Dakar · 4,5 ★

Mamadou has been a professional photographer for 15 years. His work has been published in National Geographic, Le Monde and Jeune Afrique. He documents daily life in West Africa with both an intimate and universal perspective. His masterclasses cover portrait photography, visual storytelling and retouching — always with a smartphone or accessible equipment.

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Reviews (5)

4,5

Yao Kouassi · Abidjan

3,8

Claire, inspirante et bien structurée. Je recommande à 100 %.

Samuel Owusu · Kumasi

4,4

Claire, inspirante et bien structurée. Je recommande à 100 %.

Oumar Traoré · Ouagadougou

5,0

La partie Q&A à la fin était particulièrement enrichissante.

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