Visual Literacy - For Parents and Children

What do you What do you SEE?

Visual Visual Literacy:Literacy:

What You What You

SEESEE is is What You Get!What You Get!

©Angela Maiers, 2006

What do you What do you SEE?

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P E N G U I N

F R A N S L A N T I N G

SHAPESHAPE

P E N G U I N

F R A N S L A N T I N G

LINESLINES

FFOOCCUUSS

Contrast

Point Point ofofViewView

COLORCOLOR

Seeing is ThinkingSeeing is Thinking

• Who created the image and why?• Was the image neutral or did it have

opinions that might influence the way it was taken?

• Who is the intended audience?• Was the photo or image digitally altered

and why?• Did the photo wish to inform, entertain or

persuade?• What is the Big Idea?

Photo Credits

- PENGUIN by Frans Lanting - Benedikt Taschen Verlag (October 1999)

- Photos on Flickr by- Looking at the Future (EYE) by lieliel- Visual Literacy by vlggroup2- Bridge lines (LINES) by allisonkeller- Focus by heritagefutures- Shadows (CONTRAST) by barnabywasson- Bright as the sun (COLOR) by Dennis Chong- Perspective by Girlabroad