December 2006
Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
by jlesage & 3 others
a basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin
November 2006
self portraits -- imagining ourselves
by jlesage
you can contribute your own picture, a sketch, painting.
Scenes of Provincial Life
by jlesage
a vblog diary from someone who has a good eye and lives in a picturesque environment
Modern Ruins, Photographic Essays - Shaun and Wendy O'Boyle
by jlesage
Traces, in the sense of Walter Benjamin's Arcades project, mark visual culture and always tell a story, if we take the time to notice
Photo Essays in Black and White by Herman Krieger
by jlesage
views of vernacular architecture and everyday use in small towns; from Eugene Oregon
Enculturation: Barry Mauer on Found Photographs
by jlesage
"The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning"
Storytelling in Flickr on Flickr
by jlesage
various modes of flickr storytelling are described, and the keywords needed to get to them
Alive with Alzheimer's, the first photographic book on AD by Cathy Greenblat
by jlesage
by a visual sociologist, a site for everyone
lens culture: contemporary photography magazine
by jlesage & 4 others
Photographyy internationally: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, lyrical, personal, abstract, human, and street photography. Essays, interviews with photographers, reviews of exhibitions and photo books.
Low Probability of Racoons - Hypertext and Flash animated poems
by jlesage
uses the duration of video to make kinetic poetry that has a narrative in the words and beyond them; nice example for students of simple form with complex effects
then there were 30 DAYS OF RAIN
by jlesage
a northwest animation based on rainy Portland, experienced from an interior
Guerrilla Filmmaking 101
by jlesage
the nitty-gritty of no-budget filmmaking, good on deflating romantic notions often held by first-timers
Square America Snapshots & Vernacular Photography
by jlesage & 5 others
a gallery of images from popular photos in US
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Audio slideshow: Eel and pie shop
by jlesage
the restaurant has been running in London since 1862. Audioslideshow
WWF - A way of life threatened by climate change
by jlesage
an audio/slideshow with native peoples of Alaska testifying to effects of climate change
North Fork, Long Island - slide show by Thomas a Ferrara
by jlesage
rural part of Long Island, audio/slideshow
Baby Animals - Pictures of Baby Animals
by jlesage & 6 others
not just folks with kids but lots of us can enjoy these terminally cute kidlets
KQED - Digital Storytelling Initiative
by jlesage
View and listen to the projects of people of all ages
October 2006
I Photograph to Remember
by jlesage
Pedro Meyer's photoessay about his father's last days; a classic
Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way
by jlesage & 1 other
always looking for new ways to interest students in certain kinds of projects involving visual narrative, autobiography, documentary
September 2006
Popular Tags on Flickr Photo Sharing
by jlesage & 1 other
For teaching film, popular tags to follow include "narrative," "fiction," "story." It makes a good early Easy assignment: ask students to do a photo narrative, which now can be posted in Flickr and tagged with a class title, e.g., "101lesage"--teacher mu
Lens On Lebanon
by jlesage
"documentary material, photo narratives, and video diaries of daily life conceived, produced, and contributed by residents of Lebanon"
July 2006
MemoryMiner - Digital Storytelling Software - Software
by jlesage
"Photos as individual frames in an endless story board, allowing sound, video, documents and URLs added to each frame. "
