The Importance of Sequencing ~ Liam Devlin and Thomas Duffield.

Sequence Workshop Task - ‘Pictures From Home’ Larry Sultan ~ Liam Devlin and Thomas Duffield.

Sequencing is an important skill when it comes to the narrative in a photography project, as this is the tool case which allows practitioners to communicate what their work is about, with minimum written text. With the same selection of images, individuals create their own interpretation of the narrative, what the picture portray and he message the photographers is trying to represent.

When giving individuals unsequenced images from a well-known photobook, with no context of the narrative or work, an interesting outcome occurs. With no concept of the original sequence individuals will potentially focus on matching the images on context of the images, colour or possibly aesthetic as well as paving a story. Instead of being lead by the photographers sequence, the individuals create their own narrative of what is being shown in the images, which may create a different context to the work, or perhaps a different perspective on what the photography is supposedly trying to communicate.

This is interesting as it shows the importance the sequence has on the interpretation and narrative of the story. It also puts into perspective on how a single image can change the whole narrative to a sequence and strengthen or weaken the power of the project. To advance the process of sequencing, is the projects final form is to be a book, it is also important to see this sequence in the form of this, for example a dummy book with the images taped in giving the opportunity to moved images around. This allows the sequence to be seen in its final form and allows the practitioner to see if the sequence work and gives the opportunity to move images around in order to reflect this.

Sequencing is important to the overall effect of a project and is a long process which is needed to be lived with and studied longitudinally, in order to get the greatest effect possible. This process is extremely important as this allows to communicate with the viewer what the work is about and just a single image could affect the whole narrative entirely.