For the study of photo essay, current academic put more concentration on thenews and reports photography and post-photo edit techniques. However, the researchtowards the express skills of photo essay is few. Some articles put forward severalideas of the express principle of this photography form, but the detailed research ofexpress skills could not be found. Hence, this paper did a research about the expressskills of photo essay based on this view.This research is processed in the context of the historical transformation ofphotography, and then it will re-understand the issue of photo essay and clearly definewhat photo essay is and compare it with artistic topics. Secondly, middle part of theessay will be divided consistent with different creative steps of photo essay, whichinclude pre-selection, post-shooting practice and the graphic tie. Also, several expressskills are summarized from a number of examples. These skills are the choice ofthemes and perspectives, the application and com3bination of the language of thecamera, the integration of time, space, and thought, the diversification of the narrativestyle, and the diversification of graphic tie. At last, with rapid development of DigitalPhotography, the paper will point out main challenges that need to be faced,innovations and value return of photo essay will be discussed.Humanistic and Communication values of special topics photography determinesstable development of photo essay special topics photography is use for telling stories.The strategies of expression exist in artistic structures. Thus, research based onstrategies of creative work and visual expression play important role of practice ofphoto essay. The paper will summaries expression techniques of photo essay andprovides references and implications for future studies. |