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Critiquing Photography

Date

March 2024

Location

Newark, Delaware

Descriptive

This photo I took on the Green is descriptive because the sign simply states the name of the building.

Explanatory

This photo I took on the Green falls under the explanatory category because it is explaining the history of one of the dorm buildings on campus.

Aesthetically Evaluative

This photo I took on Main Street fits in the aesthetically evaluative category because it poses as an artistic mural and stands out because of the black and white feature.

'Another Universe' by Florentina Amon

Theoretical
This image falls under the theoretical category because the viewer is left to wonder what the artist wanted to portray with the subject. The ominous foggy background and hidden person give a negative connotation, but the overall idea is left up in the air.

Jackie Robinson by Harry Harris

Ethically Interpretive
This photo draws attention to Jackie Robinson in the dugout of the dodgers in 1947. He was the first African American baseball player in the MLB.

'Hungry For Your Touch' by Jan Saudek

Interpretative
This image may seem simple upon first viewing but has a deeper meaning when you look into it. The view is left to wonder what the artist wanted to portray with the subject of two hands reaching for each other.

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Joel Meyerowitz

Nikki Elberg

Course Goals and Achievements

When looking back at the goals I set for taking this course, I can say I have achieved them.
This course has enhanced my ability to understand and successfully take significant photos in my day-to-day life. I enjoy documenting the beauty of things around me, and I will continue to refer to the knowledge I've gained from this course to do so.

For my project, I chose to analyze Anna Gaskell. Anna Gaskell is an American art photographer and artist from Des Moines, Iowa. She is best known for her photographic series that she calls "elliptical narratives”. Gaskell's works are influenced by film and painting, rather than the typical conventions of photography. Anna Gaskell is best known for her photography collections in which preadolescent girls enact foreboding scenes derived from children’s games, literature, and psychology. In Gaskell’s style of “narrative photography,” the images are carefully planned and staged; the scenes presented are “artificial” in that they exists only to be photographed.

Anna Gaskell’s work is important to the field of photography because it brings attention to difficult subject matters that may not be talked about otherwise. Her work starts conversations surrounding mental health issues and psychology. Gaskell uses concepts to create eerie and ominous feelings surrounding her photographs. I believe Anna Gaskell’s work fall into the “interpretive photography” category. Gaskell is seeking to explain things, but in a non-scientifically accurate way. There are many different ways to talk about her work and they can also be interpreted different by each observer.