Overview
4 to 5 pages;
Read the four articles listed below (all available on Blackboard or in texts), and choose
an approach or a combination of approaches that makes sense to you.
John Szarkowski, “The Photographer’s Eye”
Jules Prown, “Mind in Matter”
Roland Barthes, “The Photographic Message”
Walter Benjamin, “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”
Choose a method or methods to help you write a formal analysis paper on a single
photograph. Choose ONE photograph from the list of choices below.
Your third option is to pick one of the 17 images that are Museum of
Fine Art images, available to view online through the links below.
Analyze it formally and carefully, using your
chosen method. At the end of your paper, briefly suggest further directions for
research, if you were to extend this project to a research paper. Make sure you list the
artist and title of the work you choose for your paper, and an image for reference.
PICK ONE PHOTOGRAPH TO ANALYZE:
A: At The Boston University Art Gallery; 855 Commonwealth Avenue (CFA
building), first floor. View one of these in person
1. Zaneli Muholi, Qiniso 1, The Sails, Durbani, 2019
2. Zaneli Muholi, Thatha Konke I, Sheraton Hotel, Brooklyn, 2019
3. Hank Willis Thomas, Baron of the Croosroads, 2012
or
B: Choice of images from Deana Lawson show at the ICA
or
C: Digital images from the Museum of Fine Arts collections, available online
1.
Alfred Stieglitz (American), The Flatiron (New York), 1903, 50.833
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/4627/the-flati...
2.
Alfred Stieglitz (American), Georgia O