This reading went into great detail on all the different
aspects to be considered while reviewing and analyzing a photograph. The first
discussed and most important was description. The description forces you to
come to conclusions about the photograph and serves as a foundation. The
description should also carry no adjectives or adverbs, just facts. A checklist
is provided in each chapter of certain things to analyze and discuss with
yourself while analyzing an image. In the checklist for description some things
mentioned were the frame, textures, perspective, motion, mood, lights and
shadows, etc… In Chapter five the formal
analysis is discussed. This checklist includes geometry, parallels repetions
and rhythms, themes and variations, contrasts, compositions, balance and unity,
etc… Chapter five is digging a little
deeper than the description step in chapter four. Chapter six and seven are
about interpretation and evaluation. During the Interpretation stage the analysis
goal is to determine what the photograph has to say. You take into account specific
or universal, symbolism, manner of statement, feelings, metaphor, and more.
During the evaluation step is where most viewers start judging a photograph.
One evaluation is aimed at the picture on its own ground and the other is a
judgment based on the broader ground of photography in general.
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