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IMAGEPOWER
POLITICS
looking is a social practice
looking is a social practice
-historical moment-social meaning-intent of the creator
looking is a social practice
-historical moment-social meaning-intent of the creator
*practices of looking also form power relationships. the choice to look, or not look is an act of power.
REPRESENTATION:the use of language and images to create meaning about the world
around us.
MIMESIS:a concept that understands
representation as a process of imitating or mirroring the real
without taking into account how coded and conventions of
representation impact meaning .
THE MYTH OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TRUTH
POSITIVISM:the philosophy that scientific
knowledge is the only authentic knowledge, and concerns itself with truths about the world.
in positivism, machines were regarded as more reliable than unaided human
sensory perception.
Roland Barthes1915-1980
DENOTATIVE:an image’s literal, descriptive meaning
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CONNOTATIVE:reliance on cultural and historical context, as
well as viewer’s shared experience and knowledge of these contexts
DENOTATIVE:an image’s literal, descriptive meaning
VS.
CONNOTATIVE:reliance on cultural and historical context, as
well as viewer’s shared experience and knowledge of these contexts
IMAGES AND IDEOLOGY