Category: visual analysis

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Nadav Kander’s Portrait of Donald Trump and Visual Analysis

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about Ruddy Roye’s photograph of Robert Scott and the Shack Up Inn. Today, I want to briefly touch on how we can incorporate another image from latter part of 2016 into the classroom. The same week that Time named Ruddy Roye its Instagram photographer of the year, the publication named Donald Trump its 2016 person of the … Read More Nadav Kander’s Portrait of Donald Trump and Visual Analysis

Bloomingdale’s and the Visual Analysis Essay

When teaching composition, one of my favorite assignments has always been the visual analysis essay. This semester, students must choose one or two advertisements and analyze them, looking at audience, context, message, format, and other items. As usual, reality outside of the classroom always has a way of seeping in to the discussions, even in a composition course. Bloomingdale’s Holiday Catalog Page Last week, … Read More Bloomingdale’s and the Visual Analysis Essay