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Click here to sign up. Criticizing photographs: An introduction to understanding images Terry Barrett. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written consent of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Some ancillaries, including electronic and print components, may not be available to customers outside the United States. This book is printed on acid-free paper. ISBN 1. Photography, Artistic. Photographic criticism. B 7 7 0 '. My goal is to help both beginning anil advanced students of photography use the activities of criticism in order to liciiri ipprei late and understand photographs. I In book Is Organized according to the major activities of criticism which Morris Welti Identified In his study oi Hamlet criticism, namely, describing, interpreting, evaluating, and theorizing.
His breakdown is sufficiently broad so as not to exclude any Considerations about criticism, and sufficiently narrow to provide a directed and i leal consideration of the complex activities of criticizing photographs. The goal "I thcie activities is always increased appreciation and understanding, or whal Harry BfOUdy, the father of aesthetic education, calls "enlightened cherishing.
I he Inlawing chapters consider describing photographs, interpreting and evaluating them , 1 theorizing about photography, in that order. I've placed major emphasis on the interpretation of photographs because I believe that discussion of meaning Is more important than pronouncements of judgment and that interpretation r, tin iiin.
