1. Photography and Primary Sources

2. 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

4. 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”

5. 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

6. 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?

7. 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?

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

9. 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

10. 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?

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

12. PUHSD TAH Trip ‘12, Taos NM

13. Closer to the truth…

14. Following slides for student handouts

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

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

17. Works Cited
taospueblo.html hurches.pdf