Review Questions

Working with classmates or independently, respond to the following questions:

  1. Question

    What are the three main strategies for conducting a close reading of an image? If you haven’t done so already, try applying these strategies to an advertisement, to a photograph accompanying a news story, or to some other image. Make notes about what you discover.

  2. Question

    What do you do when you interpret an image, as opposed to making a straightforward observation of it?

  3. Question

    What is the major challenge of analyzing an image? How do you see yourself addressing this challenge? Jot down some possible answers.