Posted: September 16th, 2017

Documentary, photojournalism and “straight photography” are

Documentary, photojournalism and “straight photography” are genres that tend to treat the photographic image as “transparent”, that is to say they use photography in such a way as to

direct the viewer to subject matter depicted in a “realistic”

or “naturalistic” way. Yet other photographers, particularly of the early twentieth century, made images that verged on

abstraction. Choose two different images by two different photographers (one example per photographer) who have employed two different techniques to achieve this abstract or nearly

abstract effect, and compare and contrast them. Explain their respective aims, techniques and art historical contexts in detail.

Be sure to identify the photographers and give the dates and

titles of the images.

1. Have you accurately answered all of the questions in the prompt and developed your answers with specific details?

2. Have you drawn on more than one source for support of your answers?

3. Is there a topic sentence in your first paragraph? Does your essay have a clear introduction, body and conclusion? Are the paragraphs organized and focused?

4. Are there spelling and grammatical errors?