Barrett Chapter 2: Describing Photographs
1. The authors thesis for this chapter is that in order to look at photos constructively, you must first be able to accurately describe them. The way someone describes something can completely alter the perception of the viewer.
2. He uses examples of descriptions made by various photographers about their work and talking about how their descriptions influenced those looking at the pieces.
3. Description: Information about a photo's technical aspects, like composition and subject matter, but also the more personal aspects of the photo, like how it makes a viewer feel or what emotion it is meant to display.
Subject and Subject Matter: Subject is the overall theme or meaning, while subject matter are the things that take up space in the photo to create that meaning or theme.
Form: How things are placed in the photo to help convey the subject. Things like lighting, color, and texture play a huge role in form.
Medium: What the piece is physically made of, and for photography, what it was shot with.
Style: Something an artist does to leave their personal mark on a photo usually in the form of a reoccurring theme.
4. Comparing and Contrasting: Looking at two different pieces and discussing their similarities and differences in order to further understand each individual piece.
Internal and External Sources of Information: Information that can be understood simply by looking at the photographs v. information that requires additional research or understanding of an artist and their work/process.
5. Description and Interpretation: One can not happen with out the other. In order to accurately describe something you must first interpret it individually and then describe it based on what you saw.
Description and Evaluation: work together hand in hand. Critics use their descriptions of the work to evaluate it and compare it to others work.
2. He uses examples of descriptions made by various photographers about their work and talking about how their descriptions influenced those looking at the pieces.
3. Description: Information about a photo's technical aspects, like composition and subject matter, but also the more personal aspects of the photo, like how it makes a viewer feel or what emotion it is meant to display.
Subject and Subject Matter: Subject is the overall theme or meaning, while subject matter are the things that take up space in the photo to create that meaning or theme.
Form: How things are placed in the photo to help convey the subject. Things like lighting, color, and texture play a huge role in form.
Medium: What the piece is physically made of, and for photography, what it was shot with.
Style: Something an artist does to leave their personal mark on a photo usually in the form of a reoccurring theme.
4. Comparing and Contrasting: Looking at two different pieces and discussing their similarities and differences in order to further understand each individual piece.
Internal and External Sources of Information: Information that can be understood simply by looking at the photographs v. information that requires additional research or understanding of an artist and their work/process.
5. Description and Interpretation: One can not happen with out the other. In order to accurately describe something you must first interpret it individually and then describe it based on what you saw.
Description and Evaluation: work together hand in hand. Critics use their descriptions of the work to evaluate it and compare it to others work.
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