Gender, Gaze, Otherness & Photography
- Diane Arbus - people with abnormalities - tried to represent them honestly - people saw it as representing them as 'freaks' - intentions behind photographs are important.
- Elizabeth 'Lee' Miller - surrealist movement, war correspondent for Vogue, Solarisation technique with Man Ray, focused on women during the war.
- Nan Goldin - documented AIDs crisis in the '90s - controversial.
- Power of eyes e.g. Afghan Girl.
Selection:
- Quality criteria:
- Exposure
- Focus
- Resolution - how will the image be used?
- Aspect ratios - will they be cropped?
- Blurring - motion blur/ depth of field - wanted or not?
- Composition & rule of thirds
- Tonal spectrum/histogram
- Colour
- Subject Criteria:
- Contains subject of interest
- Fits with concept of interest
- Stands out in some way or is visually unusual
- Amusing
- Moving
- Affective
- Provocative
- Your specific criteria
- Series Criteria:
- Consistency
- Pattern
- Narrative
- Story
- Repetition
- Variety
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