The document discusses analyzing images, particularly documentary and news photographs. It emphasizes the importance of visual literacy and analyzing photos by examining their individual parts and the relationships between parts to better understand the overall meaning. When analyzing photos, the document suggests considering what objects, people or places stand out; the dominant impression; and similarities and differences among photos. Documentary and news photos aim to shape thinking and feelings about events, but their angle of vision and credibility can be manipulated.

1. ANALYZING
IMAGES:
DOCUMENTA
RY/NEWS
PHOTOGRAP
HY
ENC 1101
Composition 1

2. VISUAL LITERACY
• Awareness of importance of visual
communication and ability to interpret or
make meaning out of images.

3. 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.

4. INCREASING
PERSUASIVENESS
• 1. What objects, people or places stand out in
each photo?

5. INCREASING PERSUASIVENESS CONTD.
• 2. What is dominant impression of each photo?

6. INCREASING PERSUASIVENESS CONTD.
• 3. Examine similarities and differences among
the photos

7. DOCUMENTARY & NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHS
• Aimed at shaping the way we think & feel
about an event or cultural/historical
phenomenon

8. ANGLE OF VISION &
CREDIBILITY
• Photos can be manipulated and falsified

9. RHETORICAL CONTEXT
• What words come to mind when you view a
photo?
• What is the mood or overall feeling conveyed
by the photo?

10. DOCUMENTARY PHOTOS
• Can work on the viewers mind and heart
• Every aspect suggests energy

11. • Taken from Allyn + Bacon A Guide to Writing
pages 171-182