Context and Narrative: Assignment Four – A Picture is worth a Thousand Words – Reworked Submission
My tutor suggested that I there were a lot of questions raised for this length of essay and perhaps I should concentrate on just one or two. He also suggested that I needed to try and use less speculative descriptions of the image. Coming back to this after a couple months I can see what…
Context and Narrative: Assignment Four – A Picture is worth a Thousand Words – Submission
Why do photographer’s take photos of war? Is it to inform, to record, to shock or protest? Is war inherently photogenic? Anja Niedringhaus was very clear about her intent “If I don’t photograph it, it won’t become known,” (Niedringhaus, n.d.)Is it wrong to admire a war photograph as a piece of art? This picture by Anja…
Context and Narrative: Assignment Four – A Picture is worth a Thousand Words – Research
At War – Anja Niedringhaus (2011) This book was purchased at the same time I attended an exhibition of several different photogrphers work in Berlin in October 2011. It also includes text written by Niedringhaus herself with contributions from others, which gave me an insight into photographer and information that helped me to get…
Context and Narrative: Assignment Four – A Picture is worth a Thousand Words – Feedback and Reflection
I enjoyed this assignment far more than I imagined. Writing an essay of any length is a daunting task and 1000 words sounded like a mammoth one to me. As it turned out I could have gone on writing way past the 1000 word restriction! The first daunting thoughts of course came from my initial…
Context and Narrative: Assignment Four – A Picture is worth a Thousand Words – Planning
Brief Write an essay of 1,000 words on an image of your choice. The image can be anything you like, from a famous art photograph to a family snapshot, but please make sure that your chosen image has scope for you to make a rigorous and critical analysis. The planning for this assignment is going…
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