Critiquing a Photograph
Use the prompts below to assess the aesthetic and technical aspects of your chosen/assigned photograph.
What is the subject of this image? What is the setting?
How does it engage the viewer?
What feeling(s) does it evoke?
What is mood or tone does it set?
Does it give you a new perspective on the subject?
Does it seem to idealize or distort the subject in any way? If so, what is the effect?
Look at, and comment on, the technical aspects of the photo:
http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/principles_design.pdf
http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/elements_art.pdf
What is the subject of this image? What is the setting?
How does it engage the viewer?
What feeling(s) does it evoke?
What is mood or tone does it set?
Does it give you a new perspective on the subject?
Does it seem to idealize or distort the subject in any way? If so, what is the effect?
Look at, and comment on, the technical aspects of the photo:
http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/principles_design.pdf
http://www.getty.edu/education/teachers/building_lessons/elements_art.pdf