SNAPSHOTS MAY CHALLENGE

Summary

SNAPSHOTS challenges readers to tell a story using only pictures, without any words.

Abstract

The SNAPSHOTS team is excited about the amazing talent of their contributors and now they want to challenge them to tell a story without using any words at all. They are looking for a set of pictures, no less than three and no more than ten, that spark the reader's imagination and create a story. The photos must be taken by the contributor, no photos of children, and no pornography. The only words allowed are a title, subtitle, and an acknowledgement that all the photos are theirs. The author of the article shares their own story using only pictures.

Opinions

The SNAPSHOTS team is impressed by the talent of their contributors.
The team wants to challenge their contributors to tell a story using only pictures.
The team wants the story to be fun, scary, mysterious, personal or social, new or old.
The team wants the relationship between the pictures to be clear, but not so obvious that it's boring.
The author of the article shares their own story using only pictures.
The author is grateful for something, as indicated by the title "Thank God for four shots."

A Story Without Words

As editors of SNAPSHOTS, we’ve been delighted by the amazing talent of our contributors. Week after week we receive submissions with truly extraordinary photos accompanied by fascinating narratives. Now we have a challenge for you completely different from anything else we’ve ever done before.

We’d like you to tell us a story without using any words at all. Give us a set of pictures—no less than three, no more than ten. We’d like you to spark our “readers” imaginations to see how your photos are connected. Make it fun, scary, mysterious, personal or social, new or old. It goes without saying that the relationship between your pics shouldn’t be so obscure that no one could possibly figure out what the story is.

Please follow the usual submission guidelines for SNAPSHOTS (check them out under Details on our Info page). All the pics must have been taken by you, do not include photos of children, all adult pics must be accompanied by written permission, no pornography, etc. The only words allowed in this challenge are a title, subtitle and an acknowledgement that all the photos are yours.

We’re really looking forward to seeing what you’ve got. Here’s my story.

SNAPSHOTS MAY CHALLENGE

A Story Without Words

I Thought It Was Just a Cold

Thank God for four shots