The story done on the dwindling survivors of the Holocaust was powerful in that it brought you up close and personal with the survivors that they interviewed. Instead of treating the Holocaust as an event where faceless Nazi’s did their worst to faceless Jews, the individual close-up photographs, coupled with interview audio and a short blurb, gives you a sense of who the survivors are. While there was a lot going on in that audio, visual, and written word were used, it never felt overwhelming, as each piece served to compliment the others. The design of the interface was uncluttered, and the minimalist layout made the stories easy to navigate.  The introduction was also well done, giving a brief view as to why this project is important, what it does that most other holocaust stories do not. Also, the small attention to detail in the overall design of the piece was impressive. For example, the title used a fading text on the word “survivors” to reinforce the idea that they are dwindling.

I think that the extreme close-ups used in the piece are effective and help to bring the reader into the story. They add a human element that I feel like most written pieces miss out on providing. If there was one thing that I would take from this piece it would be to make sure that my  subject’s personality comes across loud and clear.