For these responses, I’d like you to start thinking even more deeply about how you create your images. Your image for this week (and the following weeks) should strive not just to ILLUSTRATE something about the text you read, but to ARGUE something regarding what you read. How does a photograph “argue” something? Can it persuade us? These are the questions I want us to delve into in our photo practice.
This week we’re still considering war photography, but we’re taking it into the digital age, thinking about recent conflicts and how they’ve been presented in the media (Griffin and Brothers both address these issues). You also have the option to read pieces by Baudrillard or Zizek, who both exemplify the post-modern attitude toward the relationships between media and politics.
Optional photo challenge for this week: use leading lines!