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Powerful photo essays: Tips for visual impact

Photo essays are a great way to tell a visually impactful story about your work. If you’re not sure where to begin or what to consider when crafting a photo essay, check out this Q&A where Tara shares her expertise on how to plan for and execute an effective photo essay.

(Responses edited for length and clarity.) 

Q: What are some creative ways a social impact organization could utilize a photo essay? 

Photo essays are versatile storytelling tools. They’re typically associated with more journalistic mediums, but can easily be used for NGO communications. Include a photo essay in an annual report to give your reader a break from the text. Or spruce up your Instagram presence with a carousel of photos.

Q: Photo essays tend to be thematic or narrative. What is the first thing one should consider when choosing the right type of photo essay?  

Good question. A thematic approach is when you curate photos that relate to a similar topic. For example, if you’re telling a story related to agricultural solutions in Latin America, you could curate a photo essay that showcases farming techniques in that region.

A narrative approach follows more of a traditional story structure and typically is about one person or a group of people.

Q: What kind of research goes into crafting a photo essay?

Pre-work ideally includes site visits. If that’s not possible, then talk to people who have been to the area recently and set up meetings with local leaders or people in the community who are knowledgeable about the topic. Also, try to interview the subject beforehand and think about how you’d like to shape the story. 

Even if you only need one photo, some level of pre-work is a good idea. It takes a lot of energy and money to execute a shoot, so once you’re there maximize the opportunity!

Q: Let’s hone in on the narrative approach. To profile an individual, such as a local game-changer, what would you recommend?

When profiling an individual, it’s important to understand the work they do and the life they lead before showing up for the shoot. We want to shoot action, so ask about any significant events that might be happening or daily routines that could be interesting to document.

Q: What are some tips to capture a project where tons of pre-planning isn’t possible?

Write out a plan as much as possible, even if it’s just what you hope to see, and then embrace a spirit of flexibility.

Q: Let’s take a look at some case studies. Here is a Turkish All-Women’s Theater Group that was featured in The Guardian. It tells a vivid story about this group of women and their lives. Tell us about your approach here.

This story is significant because it’s about both an individual woman, Ummiye, and a community of female actors who are impacting their society in an unusual way. Ummiye was the founder of the troupe and I wanted to showcase her home life as well as what it was like traveling with the group. I was allowed backstage and in her home and it was an honor to document. It’s a story of resilience and change, the type I love capturing.

Q: And let’s also take a look at this photography featuring chhaupadi, a ritual in western Nepal in which menstruating women are isolated. This was featured in a New York Times article. Would you still consider this photo essay narrative or thematic?  

Good question. The photos captured for this story are both narrative and thematic. The part about the woman who changed her village’s perspective about chhaupadi has a narrative effect. In other parts of the story, it’s more about providing background knowledge about the practice and how it affects women, so the photos in this instance provide a thematic purpose. 

Both approaches were necessary to tell the story: to show how widespread the practice is, while also focusing on individuals like the teacher who changed her entire village’s approach. 

Q: What are things to consider when reviewing a photo essay before publishing it? 

Be brutal while reviewing your photo essay. One of the most common mistakes we see are nearly identical photos side-by-side. Each photo should contribute a significant and distinct part to the story.

Q: What are some tips on how to do a photo essay with a tight budget?  

• It’s best to avoid stock photography for a narrative photo essay. If you don’t have the photos, think about a thematic set of pictures which might be easier to find with stock.
• Note: Getting photos after a photo shoot is typically difficult; so if you’re depending on photos (or video) from the subject, make sure you have them in advance of the shoot, or get them during shooting if possible.  
• Nowadays, it’s possible to do a photo shoot over Zoom if you can’t shoot on location. 

PS – also remember, text can be visual too and can greatly enhance a photo essay!

Thanks, Tara, for this deep dive into photo essays! To learn more about how your organization can incorporate visual storytelling tools (like a photo essay) into your work, we invite you to book a free discovery call with Tara!

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Date: 13 March 2020

The 64th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women took stock, assessed gaps, and charted a path forward for fulfilling the promise of gender equality enshrined in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 25 years after its adoption.

This photo essay is an adaptation of an exhibit at the United Nations Headquarters, running from 6 March – 20 April. It presents key milestones in the women’s rights movement, the progress and pushback, and voices and aspirations of women leaders from every corner of the world.

Women have always made a difference…everywhere

400 BC, Greece

10th – 11th Century, Japan

1199 – 1267, Tunisia

1581 – 1663, Angola

1648 – 1695, Mexico

1686 – 1755, Jamaica

1815 – 1852, United Kingdom

But they have faced many obstacles to equality.

Until women started to organize and protest inequality, the vast majority could not vote or run for office. They were prohibited from getting a loan or working where they choose.Even if they did the same work as men, they were paid less. And they inherited less, if at all. At home, domestic violence took place with no legal sanction. A married woman could not even prosecute her husband for rape.

So women decided “Let's make some change!”

United states.

Indignant over women being barred from speaking at an anti-slavery convention, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott congregate a few hundred people at their nation’s first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Together they demand civil, social, political and religious rights for women in a Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions: “We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.”

New Zealand

32,000 people sign a “monster” 270-metre-long suffrage petition presented to New Zealand’s Parliament. Soon after, New Zealand becomes the first self-governing nation to allow women to vote and inspires suffragists across the globe.

First International Women's Day

On 8 March, the first International Women’s Day amasses more than 1 million people for women’s suffrage and labour rights. In its early years, the Day becomes a mechanism to protest World War I. Most notably, in Russia, a large women-led demonstration breaks out demanding “bread and peace!” Four days later, the Czar abdicates. Some historians believe the Day ignited the Russian Revolution.

In the first-known campaign of its kind, the Egyptian Society of Physicians goes against tradition by declaring the negative health effects of female genital mutilation. It takes until the late 20th century before the practice is explicitly classified as a form of violence. Today, the United Nations, grass-roots women’s movements, civil society and others are working together to put an end to it.

Incensed by their social standing under colonial rule, Igbo women send palm leaves — similar to today’s Facebook invite — to their fellow sisters across South-eastern Nigeria. Together they descend in the thousands to “sit on” or make “war on” undemocratically appointed chiefs by publicly shaming them through singing, dancing, banging on their walls and even tearing down roofs. This eventually forces the chiefs to resign and results in the dropping of market taxes imposed on women.

What would you do without clean clothes for weeks? In 1945, Dubliners in Ireland learn the hard way. Tired of unhealthy work conditions, low wages, overtime and limited leave, around 1,500 unionized laundresses go on strike. Commercial laundries get hit, a big business at the time. More than three months (and lots of dirty clothes) later, the strike ends in victory and gives all Irish workers a statutory second week of annual holidays.

Dominican Republic

A symbol of popular feminist resistance, the Mirabal sisters — Minerva, María Teresa, and Patria — also known as Las Mariposas (the butterflies) form an opposition movement to openly protest the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. On 25 November, the sisters are assassinated. The reaction to the brutal murders shakes the dictatorship and contributes to its eventual downfall. Since then, people around the world have marked 25 November as a day to raise awareness of ending violence against women.

25,000 women, a tenth of the nation’s population, gather in Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, to protest economic inequality. The “Women’s Day Off” puts the city’s services, schools and businesses at a virtual standstill.

A protracted civil war impels thousands of Liberian women to form a movement. Driven by activist Leymah Gbowee, the movement employs various tactics, most notably: a sex strike to pressure men to partake in peace talks. The movement is so successful it ends a 14-year civil war and leads to the election of Africa’s first woman head of state, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

In Uttar Pradesh state, a handful of bamboo-wielding women take matters into their own hands when they hear of a neighbour abusing his wife. Together, they force the husband to acknowledge the abuse and put a stop to it. A modest movement on domestic abuse snowballs into a statewide one: Today, a “gang” of tens of thousands of women dressed in pink (gulabi) collectively tackle social injustices against women in the state and are inspiring similar uprisings in the nation.

Arab Region

Streams of women vigorously protest for their rights as part of a broader uprising: the pan-Arab movement. The outcry thrusts women into the global limelight. In Tunisia, activism leads to gender equality being enshrined in the nation’s new constitution; in Lebanon, campaigning leads to the scrapping of a controversial law allowing rapists to avoid prison by marrying their victims.

3.5 to 5.5 million people globally attend the “women’s marches” on 21 January to show solidarity for women’s rights. They are among numerous mass movements that mark the decade, including: in India, following the gang rape of a student; across Latin America after a succession of femicides; and in Nigeria, following the kidnapping of almost 280 school girls

The movement goes global

Since the founding of the United Nations, a timeline of the landmark international agreements and conferences that pushed for women’s rights and gender equality.

The world is closer to gender equality than ever before. Still, we have much work ahead. Discriminatory laws in some places still mean that:

• Women inherit nothing or less than their brothers
• A woman’s testimony counts for half of that of a man’s
• Labour laws restrict the types of jobs women can take
• Women can be beaten with impunity
• Women cannot pass on citizenship in the same way as men
• Homosexuality is a criminal offense

The rise of digital activism

The hashtags say it all: Women, girls and people of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities want a life free of violence and a gender-equal world. The digital space has amplified feminist voices, sparked transformations and brought a surge of young activists to the vanguard of movements for equality.

Generation Equality takes the stage

2020 marks the 25 th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, adopted at the 1995 Fourth World Conference on Women. It is a time to celebrate progress, but also to recognize that change has been too slow. Forces are at work to reverse some advances that have been made.

Not a single country today has fully achieved gender equality . Women everywhere still put more hours into unpaid care work, earn less, occupy fewer leadership positions, and risk violence at home and in public spaces. Adding to their struggles are complex and escalating crises, from conflict to climate change to narrowing hopes for decent work.

The movement for gender equality must continue and grow . Around the world, UN Women is connecting a vibrant young generation of women’s rights activists with the visionaries who created the Platform for Action, and everyone in between.

Together, they are Generation Equality. Their brave and energizing cry: finish the unfinished business of achieving gender equality . End imbalances in power and resources that have brought the world to the brink of a planetary crisis. Advance the rights of women and girls as indispensable to economic, social and environmental justice for all.

Progress and pushback. What needs to be done?

Remove discriminatory laws and practices

Progress: Between 2008 and 2017, 131 countries adopted legal reforms related to gender equality. Progress was most significant in sub-Saharan Africa.

Problem: Yet over 2.5 billion women and girls still live in countries with at least one discriminatory law. And even with legal equality on paper, gaps remain in upholding laws.

We can do better: Eliminate discriminatory laws. Close disparities in women and girls realizing their legal rights.

Make economies work for women

Progress: More women are in the paid workforce than ever before.

Problem: Globally, the gender gap in labour force participation is still 31 percentage points. Women do three times as much unpaid care and domestic work as men. Those aged 25-34, many of whom have small children, are 25 per cent more likely than men to live in extreme poverty.

We can do better: Expand universal care services. Uphold labour rights and create more decent work. Extend social protection and financial services. Harness new technology sothat it empowers women and girls.

Invest real money to achieve gender equality

Progress: The Platform for Action was never costed, although a growing number of countries use tools such as gender budgets to track whether or not public spending aligns with gender advances.

Problem: Shortfalls in financing are obvious across the board, keeping girls out of school, slowing progress on maternal mortality and constraining the response to gender-based violence, among many other issues.

We can do better: Mobilize and allocate resources in ways that are progressive, sustainable and gender-responsive.

Back women leaders at the forefront of change

Progress: Strong and autonomous feminist movements drive progress on gender equality. Women leaders have made their mark across public institutions, and in business, the arts, the media and beyond.

Problem: Spaces for women to lead and participate are shrinking. Some outspoken activists put their lives on the line. Globally, men control more than three-quarters of seats in parliaments. In 2018, only a dismal 7.7 per cent of peace agreements had provisions responsive to gender.

For more voices from Generation Equality and to get involved, visit https://www.unwomen.org/en/get-involved/beijing-plus-25

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The Photo Essay: A FRAMEWORK

We can learn from the classic photo essayists of the past. Many of the early photo stories in Life took a formulary approach. In the early days of the magazine, stories were often told chronologically, scripted, and storyboarded. Photographers were given the formula and a list of shots to take.

The blueprint for a typical Life magazine story required eight types of pictures to ensure photographers came back with a variety of imagery—from an overall shot, to a medium view, close-up, portrait, a sequence, an action shot, a closer or end shot, and of course, the all-important signature image. 

Even today, if your photo story contained strong images from these categories, chances are it would be successful. 

By applying their simple framework to a story or essay, you can give your theme some necessary direction and structure. Moving through the next few steps in The Passionate Photographer process, you’ll learn to work your scenes and give yourself options from all the elements that follow, a shortened structure of the classic Life magazine photo essays. 

• Signature Image: This is often the strongest image, with visual impact that both tells a story itself, and invites the viewer into the story for further investigation. It’s the book cover, the storefront window display, the icon, and web page attention getter. We strive to make every image a signature image but in the end, it rises to the top from the following visual possible components that make up your essay.

• Portrait: A picture of a key player in the story you are photographing. Make sure to use background and/or foreground elements to help bolster the narrative. Environmental portraits, where the subject is caught in a real moment, can be very compelling, but so too can a series of posed portraits.

• The Overall or Wide View: This photograph gives us a sense of the place or a part of the place where your story happens. Note that sometimes a sense of place can be communicated in a series of detail images

• The Detail: Look for a photograph that examines details rather than the larger picture. This photograph can often be abstract and particularly eye-catching, a nuance. This detail also can reveal to the viewer something that would otherwise be missed in a wider shot. A series of small details can be used as a mosaic in one image.

• The Action: Show us what is going on in your story. Look for dramatic and poignant images capturing people interacting with each other, moments and gestures that elevate and amplify the visual communication in some way.

The above is meant as a guide or starting point should you need it. There are always new, innovative, and creative ways to present your story. 

Short-term projects become a powerful starting point for more comprehensive work, allowing you to delve deeper, showing new and different sides of an issue or theme. The more you shoot, the better you will get, but the catch-22 is this: If you are not inspired, you probably won’t shoot much. 

You need to find the inspiration, then let your passion for the project motivate you to work and improve. Your passion will create a strategy for momentum that will carry you through to the finish line.

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A visual document communicates primarily through images or the interaction of image and text. Just as writers choose their words and organize their thoughts based on any number of rhetorical considerations, the author of such visual documents thinks no differently. Whether assembling an advertisement, laying out a pamphlet, taking a photograph, or marking up a website, designers take great care to ensure that their productions are visually appealing and rhetorically effective.

The goal of any rhetorical analysis is to demonstrate your understanding of how the piece communicates its messages and meanings. One way of looking at this process is that you are breaking the piece down into parts. By understanding how the different parts work, you can offer insights as to the overall persuasive strategies of the piece. Often you are not looking to place a value judgment on the piece, and if there is an implicit or implied argument you may not be ultimately taking a side.

It’s worth asking then: is rhetorical analysis of visual documents any different than this basic description? Yes and no. Sometimes you will encounter an interplay of words and images, which may complicate the number of rhetorical devices in play. Additionally, traditional schooling has emphasized analysis of certain texts for a long time. Many of us are not so accustomed to giving visual documents the same kind of rigorous attention.

We now live in such a visually-dominated culture, that it is possible you have already internalized many of the techniques involved with visual communication (for example, every time you justify the text of your document or use standard margins, you are technically using visual rhetoric).

That said, writing a rhetorical analysis is often a process of merely finding the language to communicate this knowledge. Other times you may find that looking at a document from a rhetorical design perspective will allow you to view it in new and interesting ways.

Like you would in a book report or poetry analysis, you are offering your “reading” of the visual document and should seek to be clear, concise, and informative. Do not only give a re-telling of what the images look like (this would be the equivalent of stopping at plot summary if you were analyzing a novel). Offer your examples, explain the rhetorical strategies at work, and keep your focus on how the document communicates visually.

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How often have you wondered if what you do online can be quantified, used to profile you, and affect your well-being or safety? Everyone knows that online activities are tracked. But neither the extent of this practice nor its ramifications are well understood.

Learning the consequences of operating in the digital space is of the utmost importance, given how much of everyone’s lives revolve around digital communication, services, remote workplaces, and so on.

With that in mind, what is a digital footprint and how does it connect to your online activities?

• A digital footprint is the unique trail of data that individuals leave online when engaging in digital activities, encompassing all forms of online interaction from social media use, website browsing, to online transactions.
• This footprint can be divided into two categories: passive, where data is collected without user’s direct knowledge, often through cookies and server logs; and active, where information is deliberately shared online such as via social media posts or email.
• Digital footprints are crucial in today’s digital era as they can significantly impact one’s online privacy and security, and can also influence how online algorithms tailor content for individuals. They can be managed and protected through careful online behavior, regular privacy check-ups, and using appropriate security measures.

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What is a Digital Footprint?

The concept of a digital footprint goes by many names. Some call it an electronic footprint, digital shadow, or digital breadcrumbs. But whatever fancy term you come across, all refer to the same thing. That’s the trail of information you leave behind when performing regular activities on a network or on the internet.

If the digital world was a giant, snowy landscape, every action you make online would leave an imprint behind. As you might suspect, this is one of the many things that allow others to track you online.

But how noticeable is a digital footprint? It depends on your online habits, internet usage rate, activities, and other factors.

Types of Digital Footprints You Need to Know

To better understand the ramifications of adding to your digital footprint, it’s vital to familiarize yourself with the two types of digital footprints.

Active Digital Footprint

Active digital footprints are created and sustained by any action in which you willingly share information about yourself or your location. Examples of this would be social media platforms, comment sections, websites that require registration, completing an online form or questionnaire, subscribing to newsletters, and allowing the installation of browser cookies.

These examples refer to information and data shared deliberately.

Passive Digital Footprint

A passive digital footprint is the exact opposite of an active footprint. This type of footprint is created by data and information collected about you without your express knowledge. Sometimes, even without consent.

Passive digital footprint examples include website visits, IP addresses, browsing patterns, and even shares of your social media content.

In most cases, this type of digital footprint is generated using hidden processes and without the user’s knowledge. This makes passive digital footprints the most dangerous to leave behind because you can’t be certain what information third parties can collect about you and your online activities.

Common Digital Footprint Examples

Not everyone understands what they should or shouldn’t do to avoid leaving a noticeable digital footprint behind. Some examples of leaving breadcrumbs include social media uploads and posts.

Other actions that expand your digital footprint include leaving reviews, reading articles, listening to music, or watching videos. Even going on a shopping spree in your favorite online store leaves a data trail that makes your digital footprint bigger and easier to track.

Did you install cookies recently? Cookies track your activity and add to your footprint. What’s even worse is, you can contribute to your digital footprint unknowingly and unwillingly. With that said, there are certain digital footprint examples you must know based on the type of activity or website you might visit.

Social Media

Social media digital footprints are created when you use a device to log in to your favorite social media platforms. Connecting with new friends, making fresh contacts, exchanging photos and information, and other activities can leave a noticeable digital footprint.

Online banking, despite its convenience, is another way to contribute to your digital footprint. Opening a new account, getting a credit card, investing in the stock market, and using your credentials to make payments involve the willful sharing of information and create active digital footprints.

Online shopping is one of the easiest ways to leave behind more than a few digital breadcrumbs. Everything from logging into shopping apps to newsletter subscriptions to coupon use to clicking ads will contribute to your digital footprint.

Tracking Apps

Fitness apps and trackers probably seem appealing if you want to get in shape but lack guidance and time. Like any other apps with tracking features, fitness trackers can make your digital footprint even more visible by collecting personal or confidential information and activity habits.

The same problem can be seen in other health-related apps, blogs, and devices.

News Websites

Online news publications collect a lot of information like article views, topic preferences, where you post or share content, etc. This user behavior data is added to your digital footprint, whether you like it or not.

How Are Digital Footprints Used?

By now, you’re probably already aware of the many tracking habits of corporations, advertisers, governments, and your friendly neighborhood internet service providers. Information is king in the digital age, and consumer data is a valuable resource.

But how can your digital footprint be used, and why is it important to understand this concept?

For the most part, once data becomes public online, others can manipulate it in many ways. Imagine posting something on Facebook or Twitter and thousands of people re-sharing it, maybe taking your thoughts out of context.

Your digital footprint can be used as a business card, resume, or a means of establishing your reputation. These days, business partners and employers care about digital footprints as much as real-world perception.

Every breadcrumb you leave behind could either make you look good or bad. But given your limited control over this data and lack of context, digital footprints can do more harm than good.

The more obvious use is in advertising. Your likes, dislikes, shopping patterns, necessities, and other preferences can be extrapolated from your digital footprint. That’s why it’s so common these days to get spammed with advertisements showing exactly the products or services you need.

At least those can show you something you want. But not all advertisements are useful, non-invasive, or trustworthy. This brings us to the next point: cybersecurity risks.

A person’s digital footprint can be used to learn more about them and gain their trust. This can make people vulnerable to phishing and other types of cyberattacks.

There’s also the issue of privacy. Leaving a digital footprint pretty much means you don’t have any privacy, at least not online. Yet seeing how often the physical and digital environments become intertwined, your digital footprint can lead to a breach of your real-world privacy.

How to Protect Your Digital Footprint

Whether you want to keep your preferences and habits to yourself, you worry about identity theft, want to minimize ad placements, or just don’t like the idea of leaving a digital trail, digital footprint protection is essential.

Fortunately, you can take actions to minimize your online presence, maintain anonymity in various scenarios, and limit the amount of identifiable information left behind.

Separate Personal, Business, and Other Email Accounts

One of the great things about most email services is that they’re free to use. Arguably better is the ability to make as many disposable email accounts as you want. Switching between Google accounts is very easy, regardless of your browser.

Multiple email accounts with dedicated purposes will allow you to be more selective with the information you offer to specific online platforms and web services.

In addition, if you don’t mix business with personal activities, whatever information you leave behind isn’t enough to generate an accurate profile.

Tighten Privacy Settings

Are all of your social media profiles still set to public? Even influencers and celebrities have started restricting access to their so-called public pages. It’s a good idea to do the same.

This can prevent oversharing, and especially sharing information with untrusted individuals and companies. Limiting access to your posts and information is a lot more effective than you think.

Don’t Agree to Everything

There’s hardly a website or application so crucial that you can’t refuse their request to collect and sell your information. Here’s something you may not know. While you might have to agree to sharing information or installing specific cookies, you don’t have to agree to let companies sell the collected data to advertisers or even share it with their partners. Audit your current selections and start opting out of these agreements.

Stay Off Unsecured or Public Wi-Fi Networks

Unsecured networks are teeming with nosy individuals and businesses who want to learn more about you. The lack of security makes data breaches easier to execute and can render your most careful browsing practices useless.

Only Visit Secure Websites

Your passive digital footprint is often created with the help of cookies you didn’t want, security breaches, and malicious software.

These situations and practices are less common on trusted and secure websites, such as those that start with “https” rather than “http.” Revise your browsing habits and remove unsafe websites from your go-to list.

You can’t exercise complete control over the digital breadcrumbs you leave behind. For example, your ISP will almost always cause you to leave an active digital trail and passive digital footprint.

The active component stems from agreeing to share information with your provider when signing the contract. However, the passive component comes from the various means ISPs use to track your online activities, many of which you don’t even have to agree to.

Bypassing ISP monitoring and eliminating those digital footprints isn’t easily accomplished just by using new browsing habits, multiple email addresses, and gaining a newfound respect for cybersecurity.

For this, you’ll need a VPN. Routing your connection through a virtual private network will hide your geolocation, IP address, and other identifying information contained in data packets. Cookies and other tracking methods can be useless against you.

Whenever you try to access a website, your request will be sent from a proxy server or bounced around multiple servers to mask your identity. This lets you browse anonymously and minimize your digital footprint.

Keep in mind that even when using a VPN, you can still create an active digital footprint by logging into websites using your credentials, sharing posts, commenting, subscribing to services, etc. A VPN only helps you reduce a passive digital footprint.

Minimize Your Passive Digital Footprint and Sharing Habits

Whether it’s changing your behavior on social media sites, being more mindful of sharing private data, using different social media credentials, or taking the security of your online activity more seriously, taking steps to minimize your digital tracing data is vital for your safety, privacy, and peace of mind.

Everything you post online can be used to collect information and used against you. Better browsing habits and a VPN can help minimize or even hide your online presence, even from the most prying eyes.

How to stay safe online:

• Practice Strong Password Hygiene : Use a unique and complex password for each account. A password manager can help generate and store them. In addition, enable two-factor authentication (2FA) whenever available.
• Invest in Your Safety : Buying the best antivirus for Windows 11 is key for your online security. A high-quality antivirus like Norton , McAfee , or Bitdefender will safeguard your PC from various online threats, including malware, ransomware, and spyware.
• Be Wary of Phishing Attempts : Be cautious when receiving suspicious communications that ask for personal information. Legitimate businesses will never ask for sensitive details via email or text. Before clicking on any links, ensure the sender's authenticity.
• Stay Informed. We cover a wide range of cybersecurity topics on our blog. And there are several credible sources offering threat reports and recommendations, such as NIST , CISA , FBI , ENISA , Symantec , Verizon , Cisco , Crowdstrike , and many more.

Happy surfing!

Frequently Asked Questions

Below are the most frequently asked questions.

What is a positive digital footprint?

A positive digital footprint would be information and data that can increase your reputation in front of friends, family, partners, and employers by showcasing virtues and attributes you don’t actively brag about yourself.

How many types of digital footprints are there?

There are only two main categories. Digital footprints are split between active and passive footprints based on the type of data collection used to generate the digital trail.

Is a digital footprint dangerous?

Informative digital footprints are dangerous because identifiable information can be used in phishing attacks, hacks, identity theft, invasive advertising placement, and other practices that infringe on your privacy.

Author: Tibor Moes

Founder & Chief Editor at SoftwareLab

Tibor has tested 39 antivirus programs and 30 VPN services , and holds a Cybersecurity Graduate Certificate from Stanford University.

He uses Norton to protect his devices, CyberGhost for his privacy, and Dashlane for his passwords.

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Our article looks at the best magazines looking for photo submissions. When submitting work, ensure that the publication suits your style of photography. Thankfully, our article includes a wide range of magazines- and they’re all looking for photo submissions!

You might think you must be a seasoned professional with a big reputation to have your work featured in a magazine. But many magazines accept submissions from up-and-comers and readers. You might not make the cover, but you can get your photos published.

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12 Best Magazines Looking for Photo Submissions

We’ve included the best magazines looking for photo submissions. They are a mix of magazines covering a good selection of photography niches . It’s hard to get your work seen by others as a photographer. But this is an opportunity to get your work into a major publication.

Submitting your photography to a magazine is a great way to promote your work and gain exposure. Although your work is not guaranteed to be featured, even being rejected can help. At least you’ll know you need to improve your skills or refine your style.

It never hurts to submit your work to more than one publication. But always stay relevant to the themes and tone of the photography magazine. You have a better chance of being featured if you match their style and message.

1. Dodho Magazine

Dodho is a magazine made by photographers for photographers. It’s an open, free, and independent magazine. Launched in April 2013, it quickly became one of the most visited photography sites.

Dodho accepts submissions from all around the world. Whether you are an emerging or professional photographer , you can get accepted. They are looking for creative, unique, and innovative work from photographers.

It is both an online and a printed magazine. Four annual calls, each lasting 60 days, are opened for the printed version. Go to Dodh’s website for submission guidelines .

2. Harper’s Magazine

For photojournalistic submissions, Harper’s may be a perfect fit! Guidelines are quite loose for photo submissions. They give only an email for contact and accept all formats.

Harper’s focuses on literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts. As with any photojournalistic submission , the subject should be relevant to current topics. This will make an image an ideal fit for publication.

Go to Harper’s website for submission guidelines .

3. Outdoor Photography

Outdoor Photography Magazine is a fantastic publication opportunity for wildlife, nature, or travel photographers. The magazine prefers photos that encourage outdoor activities and emphasize photographic technique over gear.

Outdoor Photographer does not accept digital photo submissions. You must send physical prints in the mail for consideration.

Culling your submission down to a maximum of 20 images is important to the editors. Narrow down your images as much as possible while maintaining impact.

Go to Outdoor Photography’s website for submission guidelines . Check out our Wonderful Wildlife eBook for tips and tricks to submit your best work animal shots.

4. F-Stop Magazine

F-Stop publishes a wide range of photography genres . Check back often to see if your work fits specific deadlines well.

Each issue is themed, so editors seek images on specific topics. Generally, this lowers the possibility of being featured. But if your images match the theme, you have a great chance of making the magazine.

Their submission guidelines are quite detailed. Make sure to read it in its entirety so your submission can be properly reviewed.

Submissions are only accepted digitally. The general limit is 12 images per submission. Go to F-Stop Magazine’s website for submission guidelines .

5. Lucy’s Magazine

Lucy’s focuses on beauty and fashion and is free online or available for print-to-order. It has a fresh and clean look, but each issue has specific editorial needs.

You can submit photos for print or web, with guidelines for each being almost identical. All submissions are digital. They limit the number of photos and the number of looks per submission.

Go to Lucy’s Magazine website for submission guidelines . For creative, fashionable portrait ideas, check out our Fairytale Portraits course.

6. Drift Travel Magazine

If you’re a globe-trotting photographer with a bank full of exotic images, consider submitting your work to Drift Travel . 

Every edition of Drift features stunning pictures from all over the world. And while we’ve become desensitized to certain types of travel photos from Instagram, Drift will reignite your passion for travel photography. 

Drift is now mainly an online publication, but every edition is still available in print. If your images get featured, you should request a printed version. 

Submit work to Drift Travel Magazine’s photo submission page on their website . Check out our Next Stop: Travel Photography eBook for ideas and inspiration.

7. Noice Magazine

Offering a unique collection of photographs, Noice focuses on powerful images that combine minimalism , social issues, and a twist of humor.

Each issue is themed and available for print-to-order and in very few select shops worldwide. Submissions are also accepted worldwide. They have an online portal to complete the submission process.

A small fee is charged for every 10 images submitted. To increase the impact of each submission, show only your best work. You can read Noice Magazine’s Submission guidelines on its website .

8. Dwell Magazine

If you photograph beautiful homes, Dwell has several submission options with various themes and examples. Since writing always accompanies photos, the editors ask you to submit a brief project description with your photos.

This would typically include any interesting information about the project and the team of designers and builders that worked on it.

Submissions are sent via email, but a second option gives you more instant access! Dwell lets you upload a project to share with its online community . All shared projects are considered for Editor’s Pick features in print.

Submission guidelines are on Dwell’s pitch, submit, and contact page . And check out our Picture Perfect Properties eBook that can help you take magazine-quality real-estate images.

9. Local Wolves

For a magazine geared completely towards young creative spirits, Local Wolves delivers. The publication is “driven by the passion of storytelling for creative minds from diverse fields of work.” And it accepts a wide range of photography genres.

Photo submissions must not be published anywhere, or you must unpublish them. This includes social media platforms. There’s no fee to submit. You must have all the credit information for the project team, including social media handles.

Submissions are fully digital. Files are transferred via Dropbox, WeTransfer, or Google Drive. You can view the full submission guidelines and submit photos on Locatio Wolves’s website .

10. Shots Magazine

Shots Mag is print-only and features a variety of fine-art photography from around the world. Submissions are made easy with an online form. All other submission methods are not accepted!

Shots Magazine is entirely image-driven. There are no photography articles to educate the reader on technique or gear. So, images must be powerful and speak for themselves. Each issue is themed. Be sure to look at their editorial calendar to submit photos that fit well with their needs.

All images submitted must be converted to black and white . Make sure that your photos show well once converted. Each submission can include a maximum of eight photos. Additional ones require an extra fee.

Submitting is free for subscribers, but non-subscribers must pay a fee. Thus, if your photography is suitable for the publication, it’s beneficial to subscribe. You can view Shot Magazine’s submission guidelines on their website .

11. Burn Magazine

Focusing on emerging artists, Burn offers photo-documentary stories with a fine art twist. It’s officially open to all genres of photography. But you should look at past published stories to see if your photography style aligns with theirs .

Submission is online via a form. They have you link to a gallery that shows your submission images. Once accepted, arrangements are made to transfer photos as needed for publication.

Strong emphasis is placed on following the guidelines and editing your work tightly. Please take time to read through all the information before submitting! Review Burn’s submission guidelines and submit a project on their website .

12. Black+White Photography

Black+White Photography Magazine clearly shows black-and-white images. Its genres of subjects are documentary, portraiture , still life , landscape, and street.

This publication offers the most options of any publication on our list regarding ways to get published! You can submit photos digitally or by mailing prints in. The guidelines are detailed and clear.

In addition to being published within their print publication, photos can be submitted for their three other calls:

• Salon series for emerging artists
• Smartshots series featuring photos taken on smartphones
• Last Frame competition that features one powerful image competing for a free large print for your walls

Go to the Black+White website for full submission guidelines . Check out our list of the best black-and-white film stocks if you shoot black-and-white images .

Bonus Tip: Local Magazines

Local magazines are an excellent place to start if you want your work to reach more eyes. While many national and international magazines are becoming online-only, some local papers and mags are still available in print.

One problem with local publications is that they often lack content. That’s why they are often very happy to receive submissions from local constituents.

Like the other magazines we’ve featured, keep your work relevant. Local magazines don’t want photographs from other parts of the country. They want to see the best from the surrounding area.

Getting your work published in a local magazine or paper is fantastic for your confidence. It’s also a good way to build contacts. You’ll have an in with that publisher, and other businesses from the area will see your work. Plus, you’ll have something published to pad your portfolio .

Conclusion: Magazines Photography Submissions in 2024

We hope one of these magazines looking for photo submissions piques your interest. Having your work published greatly boosts your photography career. It builds confidence, validates your style and skill, and gives you something impressive for your portfolio.

Remember, only submit to publications relevant to you and your work. You’ll have plenty of competition no matter which magazine you submit work to. But you have zero hope if you don’t fit their theme.

Be confident and submit your work to photography magazines. Even if your work is not published, you take a positive step in taking quality photos . You might also receive constructive feedback from the magazines. And it doesn’t cost anything to submit!

Learn composition with our Intuitive Composition eBook to boost your chances of submission approval!

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