1. Photos as Text

2. Photos as text
There are strategies for reading photographs, just as there are strategies for reading texts. Photographers, like writers and cartoonists, use photography techniques to convey their messages. Some of these include composition, lighting metaphor, irony , the three appeals (ethos, logos, pathos), subject arrangement, color, images, and juxtaposition. The first step to understanding the language of phots is the deconstructing process. Use OPTIC and the Photograph analysis helper sheet.

3. Photography Techniques
Composition: the arrangement of visual elements; the product of the photographer’s vision and his skill in seeing, identifying, arranging, and framing the finished image.
Lighting: colors and tones
Visual Metaphor: visual representation of an action, experience, or event
Images: an implied discrepancy between appearance and reality
Juxtaposition: intentional and sometimes natural placement of objects, people, or images to show contrast

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5. Context
Most photographs are usually accompanied by contextual information. I found an article from history.com that contextualizes the photograph that we just looked at.
Let’s read the passage.

6. Assertion
What is the purpose of the photo? What is the message the photographer is trying to share? Write an assertion statement that answers these questions.