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
