To
see all there is to see in a photo, you can divide the photo into small pieces and look at
each piece separately. That way you can really focus on the stuff that's there. Try this
idea by clicking on any of the three panels below and ask the questions that appear below
the photo.
Denver's
17th Street
(Denver Public Library, Western History Collection)
After you view the photo in small pieces, don't forget to look again at the photo as a
whole. Remember the old saying: "the whole is greater than the sum of the
parts."
Objective Observation
Subjective Observation
Prior
Knowledge
Deductions
or Conclusions
What exactly do you see in this
photograph?
What are your personal
feelings, associations, and judgments about this image?
What do you know or think you
know about what's in the photograph?
What can you conclude from this
photograph?
What
questions does this photograph raise for you? What else would you need to know to answer
those questions?
