Link to article: http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/30/world/gallery/week-in-photos-0530/index.html?hpt=wo_t2

This is piece is much different compared to other ones I have chosen in the past. This is an all visual piece as it is a photo essay.

I actually left the essay feeling more educated. As someone who doesn’t dabble with current events as much as sports (I know I should balance that more) I felt as though I quickly learned the most important bullet-points from the week and it happened through photographs.

However, the photos are practically useless without captions. The captions in this photo essay are slightly varying in length, generally between 1-3 sentences. But without the captions to put the photos in context, the photos are just well-shot pictures rather than a story of the week’s events.

In my opinion, photo essays are refreshing. 35 still photographs accompanied by a few sentences feels like it lets the reader breathe while absorbing the information visually.