Name_____________ Per.____

Photo Study Guide

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Read the questions below and keep them in mind as you study the photos you've selected from the Vietnam Photo sites listed in the resource section of the Letters from Vietnam website. Then, answer the questions for one of the photos. Print out a guide for the photo that you select.

Title of photograph:

 

Date of Photo:

 

Name of photographer:

 

Objective Observations:  Answer these questions about your photograph.  Avoid personal feelings or interpretations.  Your description should help someone who has not seen the image to visualize it.

  1. What is happening in this picture?

 

  1. What are the circumstances this photo represents?

 

  1. If there are people in your photo:
    1. How are these people dressed?

 

    1. What can you infer from the expression on their faces and their posture?

 

  1. If there are no people in your photo:
    1. Describe the condition of any man-made objects in the photo.

 

    1. What seems to have led to these circumstances?

 

  1. Is there anything interesting or surprising about the situation represented here?

 

  1. What problems or frustrations are suggested by this image?

 

  1. What adaptations can you assume or infer people are making to these conditions?

 

  1. What help seems to be needed here?

 

  1. What is unique about this image that the photographer wanted to capture?

 

Subjective Observations

  1.  Describe your personal feelings, associations and judgments about the image.  Always anchor your subjective response in something that is seen.  For example, “I see…, and it makes me think of….”