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Some photographs are like storybooks — at first, they seem simple, but as your eyes are drawn deeper and deeper into them, you start noticing little details that when put together, make up a compelling narrative.
The composition of the shot, the facial expressions of the subject, everything can contribute to the plot that the image is trying to tell.
So we at Bored Panda decided to put together a collection of such images and invite you to get lost in them. Think of it as an exercise for your imagination.
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Using images to tell a story, or simply photojournalism was made possible by printing and photography innovations that came around the middle of the 19th century.
Although early illustrations had appeared in newspapers, such as an illustration of the funeral of Lord Horatio Nelson in The Times (1806), the first weekly illustrated newspaper was the Illustrated London News, first printed in 1842. It presented the illustrations with the use of engravings.
The first photograph to be used in the illustration of a newspaper story was a depiction of barricades in Paris during the June Days uprising taken on 25 June 1848; the photo was published as an engraving in L’Illustration on 1–8 July 1848.
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Back Home After Morning Walk
At the time, photos were used to mainly enhance the text rather than to act as a medium of information in its own right. However, this began to change with the work of one of the pioneers of photojournalism, John Thomson, in the late 1870s.
In collaboration with the radical journalist Adolphe Smith, he began publishing a monthly magazine, Street Life in London, from 1876 to 1877. The project documented the lives of the street people of London in photographs and text and established social documentary photography as a form of photojournalism.
Instead of the images acting as a supplement to the text, he pioneered the use of printed photographs as the predominant medium for the imparting of information, successfully combining photography with the printed word.
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Someone Placed A Small Stick On Each Of The Dog Graves In This Cemetery
In 1887, flash powder was invented, enabling journalists such as Jacob Riis to photograph informal subjects indoors, which led to the landmark work How the Other Half Lives—documentation of squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s.
By 1897, it became possible to reproduce halftone photographs on printing presses running at full speed.
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Our Neighbor Betty Just Turned 100 Years Old. We Got Her Balloons
Henri Cartier-Bresson is often regarded as the father of modern photojournalism; in 1937 he covered the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth for the French weekly Regards.
He focused on the new monarch’s adoring subjects lining the London streets and took no pictures of the king.
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A Proud Look Of A Mother
The “Golden Age of Photojournalism” ended in the 1970s when many photo magazines found that they could not compete with other media for advertising revenue to sustain their large circulations and high costs. Still, those outlets taught journalism much about the photographic essay and the power of still images.
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My Dog Hurt His Foot While Swimming. He Is Fine But He Was Pouting So My Cat Decided To Comfort Him
However, since then, photojournalism and documentary photography have increasingly been accorded a place in art galleries alongside fine art photography. Luc Delahaye, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz, and the members of VII Photo Agency are among many who regularly exhibit in galleries and museums.
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He’s Done It! Finally The Last Day And Cancer Free. I Couldn’t Be Prouder
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Ever Since My Niece Saw Toy Story, She Shouts, “I’m Leaving!” And Then Peeks At Her Room Like This
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Every Day Has Its Dog
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The Company Owner Decided To Stop Paying His Drivers So One Of Them Parked Their Semi On The Owner’s Ferrari And Just Left It There
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My Friend Had Her Daughters At A Zoo When She Heard, “Ma’am, There’s A Lemur On Your Baby”
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My Grandpa Is a 93-year-old WWII Vet Surrounded by Vets From Different Generations Telling Them His War Stories. He Was So Happy They Wanted to Listen It Made His Week
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My Very Favorite Picture Of My Father. He’s The One That Set The Camera’s Timer
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My City Has Begun To Change Any Russian-Related Public Road Names To Reference Ukraine Instead
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A Short Story
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Most People Think Japan Is A Relatively Trash-Free Country, But That’s Not Always The Case. Today, Me And My Friends Tried To Clean Out The Forest. All This Only Took 4 Hours
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I Had To Cut Down A Tree In My Yard And Now I Feel Bad
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The Kid Was Desperately Trying To Tie Up A Tie And Failing To Do It Himself. Fellow Passenger Asked If He Needed Help
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This Is Why You Need To Put Your Cart Back In The Corral When You’re Finished With It
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My Dad Bought A Cactus To Discourage Mingus From Getting On The Counter. Here’s Mingus With The Cactus
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Took My Autistic Brother Out For Ice Cream Today For The First Time In Months
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A Story Of Confusion
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Sign Was Necessary
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Our Firstborn Just Came Home From The Vet With A Probable Cancer Diagnosis. Came Into The Living Room To Find My SO Watching Her While She Sleeps
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I Tried To Take A Photo Of My Ice Cream. Greedy Seagull Photobombed It
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My Father’s Chair Falling At A Coast Guard Change Of Command
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We Found My Wife’s Phone In The Toilet Yesterday. We Weren’t Sure Which Of Our Three Kids Put It There. Until My Wife Scrolled Through Her Pictures Today
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Some Pictures Tell The Story For Itself
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Short Story
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We’re Off To A Great Start With The New Puppies
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We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends
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This One Picture Has So Much Raw Emotion
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Photograph From 1946, When There Was No Ultrasound And Everything Was A Surprise
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The Definition Of Sworn Enemies In One Picture
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One Picture, One Story
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Burning Their Russian Passports As A Form Of Protest For Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine
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Everything You Need To Know About My Cat In 1 Image
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Moments After Santa Got Kicked In The Balls. Santa Had A Vasectomy Last Week. I’m Santa
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My Dog Son Not Impressed With My Human Son’s Stamina After Herding Him For An Hour
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Turned My Back For A Minute, And She Peed In 20 Cups Of Uncooked Rice
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Their Flight Left 2 Hours Ago
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The Picture Tells The Whole Story, Really
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One Picture Has Never Encapsulated My Life As A Parent More
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This Picture Tells A Story
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