Photography

For the last couple weeks, you have been learning about various photography topic, history and its culture. Pick one famous photographer on the list then write an essay about him or her. In a way, this is like mini-research. List of Famous Photographer (Pick one) or ask for approval if you are researching a historical photographer that is not on the list: Henri Cartier-Bresson Robert Capa Ansel Adams Edward Muybridge Philippe Halsman Eugene Smith Dorothea Lange Edward Weston Louis Daguerre James Nachtwey George Hurrell Lewis Hine Gordon Parks Hou Bo Robert Frank Steve McCurry Elliot Erwitt Robert Mapplethorpe Harold Edgerton Yousef Karsh Garry Winogrand Richard Avedon Irving Penn Arnold Newman Fan Ho Writing help: First you need a question, an issue related to one famous photographer that interests you and that you feel you can pursuit. Then, you need to find at least two readings or two books that relate to that question in a way you can use in your own analysis of the issue. Introduction, let’s define analysis, a fundamental characteristic of critical thinking. Analysis as applied to writing means that you separate something into its parts so that you can better understand it. You can begin with a question that grabs your attention, example, Why do this photographer like taking photographs of pepper? or Why is this photographer famous? or What can I learn from this photographer? And then, use that question as a lens to look into the life of the famous photographer raised by your question. Your question will concentrate your attention on relevant features of the issue you’re interested in and help you eliminate irrelevant features. Once you’ve identified the relevant features of the issue to be examined, you then look at their significance or meaning. This essay asks for a two-part structure: ask a question and then try to answer it by analyzing its parts (again, using at least two or more research books and articles (not Wikipedia). Now, you are ready to write your essays. How long? 3 pages, double-space (essay) and 4th page (cite page). Margin? 1 inch on top, on bottom, on left, on right. Can I use personal experience to compare to the famous photographers experience? Perhaps as a supplement to what you have learn from the photographer youve research. Possibly as part of an introduction or conclusion, but this is not a personal essay. Can I include Photos? Yes, maximum of three. Do not give me a whole page photos. Insert the photos as a part of your essay. Documentation? YES. Use MLA style. The content development for this essay arises from what you’ve read and how you analyze it. You will be quoting from and paraphrasing ideas from other books, texts, articles and research materials.

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