This week you had a choice between three readings: Timothy Mitchell’s “Orientalism and the Exhibitionary Order” (with an intro to Edward Said by Jae Emerling to help you along); excerpts from Stuart Hall’s Spectacle of the Other; and the intro to Judith Butler’s recent Frames of War. These readings help us consider how difference is performed and represented through photography, and the stakes of those representations. Butler’s piece takes an even more macro view and helps us to question the category of ‘humanity’ in general.
For your response this week, be sure to consider how your photo is engaging with notions of difference.
*OPTIONAL PHOTO CHALLENGE: Use the Rule of Thirds in your photo(s) this week.