The photos are able to tell a story because they show the readers what is going on in a story and then captions are used to provide context and back ground information to the stories. Photos allow readers to visualize and piece together through the use of quotes what is going on in a story. For example, In Wambsgans's article is a real-life documentation about a 10-year-old boy, Tavon Tanner, and his mother, Mellanie Washington, striving to put his life back together after he survived a devastating shooting in Chicago using black and white photos. In the first picture of Wambsgans's article, he shows a black and white picture of Tavon Tanner with his shirt lifted up showing his scar after he under went surgery and after the whole incident. …show more content…
In the second picture, its shows a picture of Tavon Tanner, while he lies in a hospital bed crying as a nurse looks into the distance with concern. The caption elaborates on the picture and provides more details about Tavon while he was hospitalized. The caption describes how Tavon is crying before he goes into surgery at Lurie Children's Hospital on October 17, 2016, in order to remove the bullet from Tavon's shoulder, that ripped through his pancreas, stomach, spleen, kidney, and his left lung. This caption provides more deal about Tavon's injuries that the reader wants to know. The third photo shows Tavon up with his head slightly tilted in his bed with his mother leaning over the side of the bed looking at her son. The caption tells that Tavon has completed a procedure and hits that he is okay, which tells the reader that he has survived the …show more content…
The caption tells the reader that the bullet was removed from Tavon, thus confirming to the reader that the bullet has been officially removed on October 17, 2016 and that his family is there to support Tavon in his time of need. In the sixth photo, it shows Tavon in a wheel chair with what appears to be siblings or relatives surrounding him and helping Tavon move the wheel chair out of the hospital. The photo also tells the reader that he externally appears he will do just fine. The caption the reader that Tavon is one of 24 kids who had to suffer these violent shootings and Wambsgans's then says "...this is his story..." this tells the reader other kids are not a lucky as Tavon who was able to survive the attack, whereas other kids may have died. Then the article fast- forwards to 11/24/2016, showing a picture of Tavon dancing with his siblings and relatives. The caption describes Tavon dancing with his family and siblings during a family get together. This tells the reader that Tavon is able to move around and is moving forward with his life and not letting the incident to negatively impact his