The theme for this week is photography’s capability to “Otherize” subjects – often under the guise of scientific or bureaucratic investigation or documentation. Two of your reading choices – excerpts from Tagg’s Burden of Representation and the articles by Apel and di Bella – have to do with photography and criminality. The Edwards reading concerns photography’s application to anthropological research.
As you read this week, try to make connections back to other conversations we’ve been having in class. Does this mode of photography differ from war photography or social documentary in fundamental ways, or does it give rise to similar questions?
Optional photo challenge this week: use iconography in your image.