In Jonathan Harris’ interactive photo essay “The Whale Hunt,” the entry point is a grid of small indecipherable images. The user will come to understand that the grid is an interactive timeline, but unlike most timelines, this one hides its navigation purpose. At the macro-level we see patterns of color. Curiosity and attention peaks by a slow reveal of data at the micro level, the photo slideshow of the hunt. This slow reveal of the interface makes “The Whale Hunt” an interesting model for fictional databases that must work to sustain narrative interest through a modular, nonlinear presentation. Integrating various levels of micro and macro views of information, the user quickly understands how to navigate at leisure. The depth, scale and structure of the database and the level of control over the navigation is communicated intuitively and effortlessly.  As interface design, the entry point does not communicate narrative so much as invite the user to explore details in order to uncover narrative. As a non-fiction form about a single event, "The Whale Hunt" does not need to map plot elements. Unity is given in the action, the participants and the setting of the hunt and all of these can be further filtered and explored at stunning levels of granularity.