Narrative Photography

Narrative photography

Narrative photography is the concept that a picture is staged and is taken to tell a story or an idea.  

Early history of Staged photography

Staged photography is image taken when a performance is done infront of the camera. it embraces the
studio portraiture and scenarios manipulated by the photographer.

The concept was done by the rich women who would by cameras to get rid of time, the reason it would
 only be the rich women doing this is because the cameras are going to be too expensive for the poorer women to buy and the women would hire actors to pose for the stills.

This was started around the same time as photography was popularised in the 1980s through the works
Cindy Sherman and Jeff Wall. Staged photos of classical and biblical inspired photographer 

Self Portrait as a Drowned Man, 1840

This image in its own right is unique as at the time having any skin showing that wasn't face or arms
was blasphemy at the time. The image is also showing a man whom has drowned which would show
the emotion that would be sadness.

LINKS:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_photography
http://artsy.net/gene/staged-photography