This is a presentation on how to analyze news and documentary photographs.

1. ANALYZING IMAGES:
DOCUMENTARY/NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHS
ENC 1101
COMPOSITION I

2. STRATEGIES FOR ANALYZING
• What is the purpose?
• Where was it originally viewed?
• How does the title reflect the
content?
• Who is the photo about?
• When was the photo taken?

3. Subject Matter
• People in portrait
• People in scenes
• Landscape or
nature

4. WHAT TO EXAMINE
Distance from
subject
Angle and Orientation
Framing

5. WHAT TO EXAMINE (CONT.)
• Light
• Focus
• Scale, space, and
shape

6. WHAT TO EXAMINE (CONT.)

7. TAKEN FROM ALLYN & BACON
A GUIDE TO WRITING
P. 171-182