PHOTOGRAPHY
Order Description
Image analysis (2016-17) (worth 40% of module mark)

You are required to analyze either ONE or TWO images.

The image(s) you choose should belong to ONE of the following categories:

i) the photographic portrait / auto-portrait
ii) the family photograph

Think of the analysis as a short essay which is tightly focused around a clearly delineated sample of material. Part of your job will be to address the image(s), describing what is shown and how it
attains meaning; another part will be to connect the image(s) to the wider field of thought concerning the self and its image in photography.

You may use photographs produced by any photographer, including your own family photographs if this is what interests you.

Your analysis can be organized and ordered in a way of your choosing, but you must make sure that you do the following things:

• Provide a brief general introduction about the context of your analysis (i.e. the themes / problems approached in this module).
• Introduce the photograph(s) you wish to write about and provide a rationale for your choice.
• Describe and interpret the image(s). How can we ‘read’ them? What do they tell us? How do they achieve meaning? How are they related to the problem of self-knowledge in the photographic image?
• Draw on selected secondary literature to build your analysis.
• Provide a brief conclusion
The materials covered in the first six weeks of the module are designed to equip you with the tools to analyze / to ask appropriate questions about photographic images and you should draw on these
to help you.

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These are the texts that were covered during the first six weeks to draw upon:

Guibert, H., Ghost Image. Trans. Robert Bononno (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014). [FRE6001 students should read the original version: L’Image fantôme (Editions de Minuit, 1981)].
Barthes, R., Camera Lucida: reflections on Photography. Trans. Richard Howard (London: Vintage Classics, 1993). [FRE6001 students should read the original version: La Chambre Claire: Note sur la
photographie (Paris: Gallimard, 1980)].

Some other photographers to talk about:
Diane Arbus

Make sure to mention the Studium and the Punctum from Herve Guibert
And make sure it relates to a family photograph

You can choose any type of family photographs you want either one or two