This document provides guidance on visual literacy and analyzing photographs and images. It instructs the reader to examine photographs by identifying what objects, people or places stand out and the dominant impression conveyed. It also notes that photographs can be manipulated through staging, altering, selecting, mislabeling or constructing. Elements to analyze include distance from subject, angle, framing, light, focus, scale, space, shape, repetition, variety, balance, line and color. The document concludes by stating its information comes from pages 171-182 of Allyn & Bacon: A Guide to Writing.

1. ENC 1101
Composition 1

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Visual Literacy- your awareness of the
importance of visual communication and and
your ability to interpret
Analyze- divide or dissolve the whole into parts
What types of object, people or places stand out
in each photo?

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What is the dominant impression conveyed
by each photo?
Where the bomber was found

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Examine the photo for culture

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Think of how you can use the
image to support a claim

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Photos are aimed for us to think about
cultural or historical part of an event

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Photos can be manipulated:
 Staging
 Altering
 Selecting
 Mislabeling
 Constructing

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What was the photographer’s original
intention?
What was the context?
How does the title reflect to the image?

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Distance from subject
Angle and orientation
Framing
Light
Focus
Scale, space, and
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Use of repetition, variety, and balance
Line
Color

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Design and shape of the painting
Medium, technique, and brushstroke

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Taken from Allyn & Bacon: A Guide to Writing
Pages 171-182