A Guide for Looking
Based on Edmund Feldman’s Critical
Performance
What do you see?
Describe the lines, shapes,
tones and textures in this photograph. 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 or her work? What makes this a
successful (or unsuccessful) image?
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