Why Choose Visual Stories
Single Images (Still photos, paintings, etc) convey strong emotion, a single point or mood
They can speak more loudly than words, especially in this image-centered era
Images can show things differently, and show different things.
Digital Tools
Soundslide (It is not free, but what professionals use; also invites audio)
Look at Alan Levine's List of Storytelling Tools
Publishing
- Calendars
- Artshows (Visions of the Now and of the Future) Example of an Online Exhibition
- Photo-stories pinned to map in town (or online via Community Almanac)
- Postcards or eCards Example from Minnesota
- Slide-stories (Stories in Five Images) Example from Minnesota and from Maine
- Before-and-After Photo Displays in the library, at school, in the newspaper
- Comic stories online or in a 'zine
- Collages as Posters or Online (glogster example)
- Murals about town Example from Canada, another from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, one from Philadephia, one from Duke University's Face Up! Project, from high school students in Denver--a mural club, a series from Chemainus, British Columbia
- Digital & Mural Combinations UCLA example
- At a story klatch, bring photos to stir the conversation/story pot