Storytelling: Turning constraints into narrative keys – Kennedy’s Funeral Train [1968]

Let’s talk about Funeral Train: what is it? This article could also be titled “Making a Virtue out of Necessity,” an always invaluable skill. Paul Fusco’s reportage is a masterful example of how we can leverage external constraints for storytelling: when life gives you lemon, make lemonade. But on a bike, please. After discussing Roy …

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Reportage / A very different day: on a freight train, at dawn, towards the sea [+ LR preset]

When they ask you if you want to hop on and take photos on a freight train, departing at dawn and arriving at the sea, you can’t say no. You can only say thank you, wake up in the middle of the night, head to the train depot, and then photograph everything you can. No …