Staten Island – Jessica Wong

 

3 comments

  1. You have some very interesting photos. Of course, too many from the ferry. After all, it just get us to your neighborhood. The best one is the crowd of people trying to get on the ferry. See how much more that reveals than an oversized sign with the word FERRY. Eliminate those sorts of photos.

    There’s a lovely transition from a street view to an intimate detail of a corner of someone’s house. Both photos are very good. Those kinds of transitions from outside to the interior are very cinematic and really move the essay along. Just keep showing us more of what’s happening behind closed doors and out in the streets.

    Please number your photos so I can refer to them and put your name on the essay next to the title.

  2. I really like the vibrance/perspective of the shots on the ferry. I think you might have to replace the shots of the seagull and lady liberty because we lose perspective of Long Island. However, they are nicely composed shots.

  3. I agree with Sami. While they’re good shots, they don’t enhance the story of Staten Island. They could be photos used for any other NY essay. I would also change the sequencing and not have one interior detail shot followed by a second one. Can you include more pictures of people in the residential parts of the neighborhood ?

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