Analyzing Images: Documentary/News Photography

Analyzing Images: Documentary/News Photography

ENC 1101Composition 1

Exploring Image Analysis

o Visual Literacy- your awareness of the importance of visual communication and and your ability to interpret

o Analyze- divide or dissolve the whole into parts

o What types of object, people or places stand out in each photo?

Exploring Image Analysis Cont.

What is the dominant impression conveyed by each photo?

Where the bomber was found

Exploring Image Analysis Cont.

Examine the photo for culture

Exploring Image Analysis Cont.

Think of how you can use the image to support a claim

Understanding Image Analysis

Photos are aimed for us to think about cultural or historical part of an event

Angle of vision and credibility of photos

Photos can be manipulated: Staging Altering Selecting Mislabeling Constructing

Strategy questions for documentary photos What was the photographer’s

original intention? What was the context? How does the title reflect to the

image?

What to Examine

Distance from subject

Angle and orientation

Framing Light Focus Scale, space, and

shape

What to Examine Cont.

Use of repetition, variety, and balance

Line Color

Understanding image analysis paintings

Design and shape of the painting Medium, technique, and brushstroke

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Taken from Allyn & Bacon: A Guide to Writing

Pages 171-182