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Chapter 3: Analyzing Perspectives in Argument |
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Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. Viking Press, 1995. In this famous collection of essays, Berger helps redefine contemporary academic understanding of art and images.
Gross, Larry, John Stuart Katz, & Jay Ruby, eds. Image Ethics in the Digital Age. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2003. This collection of essays addresses issues of journalistic ethics, photographic manipulation, and dissemination of images from a variety of viewpoints.
Lancioni, Judith. "The Rhetoric of the Frame: Revisioning Archival Photographs in The Civil War." Western Journal of Communication 60 (1996): 397-414. This article offers an interesting look at the visual rhetoric of civil war photos.
Mitchell, William J. "How to Do Things with Pictures." Chapter 9 of The Reconfigured Eye: Visual Truth in the Post-Photographic Era. Cambridge: MIT Press, 1994: 190-223. http://www.stanford.edu/class/history34q/readings/Mitchell/MitchellHow.html This online text-only version of Mitchell's chapter covers issues ranging from the "Functions of Pictures" to "How Pictures Do Things with Us."
Sontag, Susan. "Looking at War: Photography's View of Devastation and Death." New Yorker 9 December 2002: 82-98. In this article, Sontag, one of the most prominent contemporary visual theorists, discusses the power of photographs to shape our understanding of what happens in reality.
Sontag, Susan. On Photography. NY: Anchor Books, 1977. In this foundational analysis of visual culture, Sontag examines the impact of photography on contemporary society.
Sontag, Susan. Regarding the Pain of Others. Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2002. In this more recent work, Sontag reevaluates her conclusions from On Photography, specifically in relation to images of atrocities and of war.
Visual Rhetoric Bibliography, with a focus on Photography. Although last updated 9/8/99, Cara Finnegan's site from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hosts a rich reading list. https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/caraf/www/visrhetbib.html
Wilson, Bradley."Creating Photo Illustrations." Communication: Journalism Education Today. 36.3 (Spring 2003): 4-7, 9-11. This interesting article offers tips on the design and layout of photoillustrations.
Zibluk, Jack. "Evaluating Photographs." Communication: Journalism Education Today. 32.4 (Summer 1999) 22-29. From ERIC: "Discusses ways to evaluate students' photographs. … Includes an evaluation exercise, a photo assignment sheet, and three critique or grade sheets outlining criteria for photo evaluation."
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