Barthes (Barthes, 1964, p. 265) asks if it is possible to conceive of an analogical code (as opposed to a…
Exercise 1: Looking at Advertisements
Dana Woolley revisits a 2014 Protein World advert initially discussed in her Looking at Adverts: 2 blog for her Looking…
Exercise 2: My Personality
Defining one’s own personality is one of the hardest self-assessments and possibly the least truthful, in the sense that one’s…
Exercise 1: Mirrors and Windows
Initially I adopt a binary and simplistic definition that if the photographer is an insider, then the image is a…
Exercise 4: Archival Intervention
My wife and I, like most married couples will produce a future archive for our nuclear family, and our children…
Exercise 3: Portrait Typology
There are many possible ways of classifying portraits, for example: By facial expression By eye direction By body direction By…
Exercise 2: Background as Context
The photograph above is typical of the portraits taken by Sander. The subjects are clothed in the work attire generally,…
Exercise 1 – Historic Portrait
According to the Tate: “Portraiture is a very old art form going back at least to ancient Egypt, where it…
Exercise 1 – Constructing a Portrait
I have recently changed my profile picture to the one showed above. This self-portrait was taken as part of an…