This document provides guidance for analyzing photographs based on personal response, subject and meaning, technical qualities, and historical context. The reader is prompted to consider their reaction, any emotions elicited, and connections to other works. They are also asked to classify the genre, identify any narrative or themes, and note the most striking visual elements. Additionally, the document instructs on creating pages in a sketchbook exploring a chosen photographer, including their work technically and aesthetically, and linking photographs to the theme and an artist. It reminds the reader to submit their work by a deadline and visit an art gallery for further inspiration.

2.
PERSONAL RESPONSE
•Why choose this image? - (ideas, techniques,
style, originality, theme etc). How could you
respond photographically?
•What was your first reaction? What word came to
mind?
•Does it remind you of anything?
•What are the emotions that it produces? Does it
make you feel a particular way?
SUBJECT/MEANING
•What genre can you place it in:–
landscape/portraiture/documentary/still
life/experimental? None/several of these?
•Is there a narrative? What seems to be
happening?
•Is there a theme?
•Is the work more concerned with
formal/abstract/visual issues?
THE OBJECT – what are the most striking visual qualities?
Colour/tone
Space/illusion of space/negative space
Techniques/processes
Shapes/patterns/textures
Framing/composition/cropping
Lighting:-
Natural/artificial/ambient/use of
shadows/chiaroscuro
CONTEXT
•Who do you think it was produced for?
Fashion/cinema/newspaper/fine art institution?
•Historical context (social, political etc)?
•In what context did you see it - gallery,
magazine, book, cinema, internet etc?

3. This week……
Deadline: Monday 27th
February
-Create at least two double pages exploring your
first Photographer/Artist. This should include
information and your opinions on the
Photographer/Artist. Explain what you like about
their work technically, aesthetically and how it
links to your theme. Add a contact sheet that
links to your Photographer/Artist (fully annotate
this) and print out some enlargement from this
shoot (add screen grabs if you edit these.
-Take 2x 26 exposure (film or digital). Link these
shoots to an Artist/Photographer
Over the next few weeks try and visit an Art
Gallery. Look on Time Out website to find an
exhibition that links to your chosen project. Create
sketchbook pages on your visit.