Is documentary a fact ?
I think that documentary photography is not a fact, it is just one persons viewpoint.
*Photography: a Critical Nature*
by Liz Wells
truthful record?
does the camera lie?
people believe that photographs are authentic because they do not understand the trick effects that are possible with the camera, they see it as a machine that can not be tampered with
Stephanie Sinclair
Too Young to Wed
images by themselves dont give a background story or context:
Without the context of this story the photograph denotes a young girl and a man sitting next to each other, if more information were offered the viewer would know that this young girl is being forced into marriage and it is her wedding day. The photograph is not lying but it is omitting certain details that would be helpful to understanding the photograph.
Roland Barthes
photographic message
press photography and its meaning
denoted + connoted message
connoted is heavily coded
how is it connoted ?
many things can give off connotations: layout, camera angle, facial expressions, stance, colours used...
Kevin Lamarque Reuters
Guardian image
- layout of flags - sarcasm/irony "working together" and the flags are mixed together
-facial expressions - aggressive/passive
'points of view' - have to understand different points of view not just your own
colours - represent all the flags
What creates meaning?
emission - what is put out
transmission- how it is put out
reception - how it is taken in
All these things affect how the viewer is going to react to what is being shown
Paul Graham
north ireland
small incidents of war + their impact
new way of communicating warfare
An-My Le
vietmanese - effects / causes of the image
kite festival - understand the conflict to understand the image, the kites are the symbols of the war
Simon Norfolk
execution grounds
beautiful image - with a dark undertone
Susan Meiselas
old images into the landscape
reengage community
^^^^^war photographers - looking for the bigger picture
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