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A Guide for Looking
at Photographs
WHAT DO
YOU SEE?
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Describe the lines, shapes, tones and textures
in
this photograph.
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Can you see people, animals, objects,
or plants?
HOW IS IT ALL PUT TOGETHER?
- What tone, shape, or object catches your eye first?
- Is anything repeated?
- How are things connected?
- Do some shapes appear closer to you than others?
- Is it a vertical image or a horizontal one?
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
- What if you found yourself inside this photograph - what would you
hear, smell, feel?
- Is the photograph telling you a story, giving you a feeling, or
sharing an idea?
- If you could ask the photographer one question about this work, what
would it be?
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- What do you like about this photograph?
- Would you change anything?
- Do you want to learn more about this photographer and his work?
- What makes this a successful (or unsuccessful) image?
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