Hi Class,
Essay 2 is about taking photos, reading them, and writing about them.
These questions will help us as we move toward Essay 2:
1. What is a photograph? What is the history of photography?
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photography]
2. Why do we take, keep, share, and discard photographs?
3. How should we make sense of photographs?
The French sociologist and critic Roland Barthes wrote about photography, and he came up with two useful terms for studying photographs.
1. Studium: The studium of a photograph is the public and historical background of a photo. The studium is the photo’s context and its general understanding. The studium of a photo must be visible, and it is the cultural reading of faces, gestures, buildings, clothing, and actions within a photo.
2. Punctum: The punctum of a photograph is highly individual, not public. The punctum pierces the viewer in a particular, private way. The punctum, which must be visible, pierces the viewer like a arrow, raising certain individual memories and consciousnesses to the surface. The punctum bruises me but not you. The punctum is about loving, while the studium is about liking.
SENTENCES:
i could of danced but first i should of eaten a balanced meal
in the passed our school let out at half passed three but the principle recently past a new rule that states we have to stay in school until four
Best,
Prof. Scanlan
