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Photography and Primary Sources

Eye Opener Using a picture on your phone: (alt. next picture) 1) Mentally divide into quadrants 2) List 5 things you notice 3) List 3 questions which could aid interpretation 4) Share with a partner your observations and questions

Objective and Standards Objective: Develop Photographic Analysis Skills 1) Multiple perspectives 2) Photographic purpose 3) Interpretation of Visual Media NCSS Standards #2-Time, Continuity and Change (also #1-Culture, #3 People, Places and Environments, #5 Individuals, Groups and Institutions, #6 Power, Authority and Governance) Arizona Social Studies Standards World History: C1 PO5 & US/AZ History: C1 PO5 “Evaluate primary and secondary sources for: authors’ main points purpose and perspective facts vs. opinions different points of view on the same historical event credibility and validity”

Behind the Camera Innovators Technicians/Artists Recorders Scientists record light with increasing accuracy using increasingly flexible media Technicians/Artists Specialists invest in expensive equipment and training for specific purposes Recorders General population adopts photography for casual/varied purposes

Photographer's Subject Selection What subjects are possible? Legal, Social, Safety, Technical Restrictions What subjects are desirable? Aesthetics, Storytelling What subjects are available? Time, Willingness Considering these factors, how should historians approach photographic analysis and interpretation?

Historical Inquiry Questions How does photography influence our understanding of Southwestern US history? Who is behind the camera? Who/What is in front of the camera? What is not? What challenges influence subject choices? What can be learned from an individual photo? As part of a photo collection? How will our photography influence future perceptions of our civilization?

Kiva vs Mission, Acoma NM Village Kiva c Kiva vs Mission, Acoma NM Village Kiva c. 1150 Mission San Estevan del Rey 1629

Acoma Shooting Conditions With Guide and Paid Permit only, on Native Nation Land Exteriors only No cemetery pictures Kiva used for ceremonies regularly Mission used on rarely for ceremonies, frequently for tourism

San Miguel Church, Santa Fe NM Founded 1610, burnt 1680, rebuilt 1694-1710 What would the average viewer see on the exterior? What other details might an expert viewer notice? What does the above triptic and caption reveal about: 1) regional Pueblo peoples? 2) Tlaxcalan craftsmen from central Mexico? 3) pioneer Spaniards?

Interiors San Miguel L-R Bronze Bell, inscribed Augusto 9 De 1366 Crucifixion, on tanned buffalo hide San Miguel

PUHSD TAH Trip ‘12, Taos NM

Closer to the truth…

Following slides for student handouts

San Geronimo Church, Taos NM Founded 1598, Destroyed 1680, Rebuilt 1706, Destroyed 1846, Moved 1850

San Xavier de Bac, Bac AZ Founded 1692, Destroyed 1770, Moved 1783

Works Cited http://ashp.cuny.edu/civil-war-150/photography/ http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/ http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/amsw/sw47.HTM http://www.legendsofamerica.com/nm- taospueblo.html www.taoschamber.org/uploads/files/TourMissionC hurches.pdf