{"id":1152,"date":"2016-03-06T17:11:54","date_gmt":"2016-03-06T22:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/digitalshange\/blog\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2016-03-21T11:45:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T15:45:56","slug":"well-told-story-thomas-allen-harris-on-his-grandparents-and-images-very-rarely-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcrw.barnard.edu\/digitalshange\/blog\/?p=1152","title":{"rendered":"Well Told Story : Thomas Allen Harris on his grandparents and images very rarely seen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thomas<\/a>
\nI really enjoyed this short multi-media piece from filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris<\/a>. The story blends audio, photography and text, creating an innovative, reflective experience of an otherwise dated image.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/a><\/p>\n

\"thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

Harris talks about a wedding photo of his grandparents. They married during the Civil Rights Movement, a time, Harris expounds, where photos of black activism were abundant, but images of the black family were less visible.<\/p>\n

The image is by the revered photographer James Van Der Zee. Harris said:<\/p>\n

You could go into his studio and remake yourself as what you saw yourself as becoming.<\/p>\n

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\"thomas<\/a><\/p>\n

Throughout the story, text appeared a gesture, enhancing and driving home Harris\u2019s phrases. This story could have existed as a written essay with a complimentary series of images; however, the piece relies on digital storytelling to make these images come to life in a way they couldn\u2019t on a printed page. This choice of presentation also felt symbolic in the way it spotlighted a genre of photography that has historically been underrepresented, sometimes even rendered invisible.<\/p>\n

I think this story is an inspiring model to consider as we\u2019re thinking about how we can utilize digital tools to shape our projects.<\/p>\n

*NPR\u2019s \u201cLook At This\u201d<\/a> series has a lot of innovative multi-media stories I\u2019d recommend if you enjoyed this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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