ANALYZING IMAGES:
DOCUMENTARY/NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHYENC 1101
Composition 1
VISUAL LITERACY
• Awareness of importance of visual communication and ability to interpret or make meaning out of images.
ANALYZE
• divide or dissolve whole into its parts
• examine these parts carefully
• look at the relationships among them
• use this understanding of the parts to better understand the whole.
INCREASING PERSUASIVENESS
• 1. What objects, people or places stand out in each photo?
• 2. What is dominant impression of each photo?
Sorrow
INCREASING PERSUASIVENESS CONTD.
• 3. Examine similarities and differences among the photos
INCREASING PERSUASIVENESS CONTD.
DOCUMENTARY & NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHS • Aimed at shaping the way we think &
feel about an event or cultural/historical phenomenon
ANGLE OF VISION & CREDIBILITY
• Photos can be manipulated and falsified
RHETORICAL CONTEXT
• What words come to mind when you view a photo?
• What is the mood or overall feeling conveyed by the photo?
DOCUMENTARY PHOTOS
• Can work on the viewers mind and heart
• Every aspect suggests energy
• Taken from Allyn + Bacon A Guide to Writing pages 171-182