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But you can use the first few paragraphs of each essay — what appears before the first photos — as mentor texts for your own introductions, and we’ll show you how, below.First though, let’s remember your broader goals. As we wrote at the top of this post, together, your introduction, photo essay and captions should…

In this lesson, students will play the role of photo editor to learn how the images they see in The New York Times make their way from the camera to the paper.

Take six to eight photos that spotlight something interesting about your hometown — a group of people, an event, a place or a visual theme. Enter from Dec. 3, 2025, to Jan. 14, 2026.