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Enhancing visual literacy through interpretation of photo-genres: toward a genre typology of journalistic photographs
Joanna Kędrasubject
Typologyjournalistic photographmedia_common.quotation_subjectVisual literacy050801 communication & media studiesContext (language use)press photographyEducationVisual arts0508 media and communicationsgenreta518interpretationPortrait photographymedia_commonCommunicationInterpretation (philosophy)visual literacy05 social sciencesPhotography050301 educationArtThematic mapPalette (painting)typology0503 educationdescription
ABSTRACTAlthough genre is one of the most extensively employed concepts in various disciplines, only a few attempts have been made to classify images in the press, providing either a palette of thematic categories similar to those of photography competitions or theory-based classifications, which often ignore certain types of photographs. In addition, no studies have suggested the genre typology as a tool for the interpretation of journalistic photographs. Based on a literature review and visual material analysis from the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza, this study compiles a typology that sets out four photo-genres: news photography, reportage photography, portrait photography and illustrative photography, with related photo-types. The criteria used to distinguish certain photo-types are based on differences in the visual content of photographs, their context, layout of display, number of images, and their fulfillment of informative, expressive, impressive, esthetic, illustrative or marketing functions. As ...
year | journal | country | edition | language |
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2016-01-02 | Journal of Media Practice |