Analyzing Images: Documentary and News Photographs

ANALYZING IMAGES: DOCUMENTARY/NEWS PHOTOGRAPH

Composition 1

ENC-1101

EXPLORING IMAGE ANALYSIS

• People, places and objects that stand out in an image

• Taken candidly or staged?

• From a distance or a close-up

• Dominant impression conveyed (main subject in picture)

Candid

Staged

UNDERSTANDING IMAGE ANALYSIS

• It shapes the way we think or feel about an image

• Angles of vision and point of views

• Emotional and mental effects

Mental effects of images

Conveys Joy Conveys Mourning

Angles of Vision in Images

Aerial View Ground View

RHETORICAL CONTEXT OF A PHOTO

•Photographers purpose•Original and Cultural context

PHOTOGRAPHERS PURPOSEWhat was the original intention for taking this picture?

Why did the photographer take it?

ORIGINAL CONTEXTWhere is this image originally viewed?

What was the image used for?