Photography is a visual language. Its invention gave us the ability to document our lives unlike other visual mediums had done before. Photography continues to be a form of communication that allows us to educate, exchange ideas, and connect people to the world around them. The photographers telling visual stories each week on Your Shot give us opportunities to learn about lives different from our own and see the beauty of the world around us.

In the visual language of photography, composition, exposure, and focus are the photographer’s words. Photography offers us a way to communicate stories that allows viewers to see for themselves, reach their own conclusions, and feel emotions in ways that sometimes words cannot.