how to write about photographs:There are many ways to write about a photograph. This writing frame is a general template on how to write about a photograph. To write about interpretations and effects/impacts on the audience or viewer in more detail, see the Interpreting a Photograph page. . This is a writing frame that I have been using since the start of secondary school and has been very useful, not only in photography, but in art, textile, history, and many other subjects across the board.
1: Describe it:
3: Interpret it:
4: Analyse it:
1: Describe it:
- What do you see?
- How would you describe the photograph?
- How would you describe the photograph to someone who cannot see it?
- How would you describe the colours/composition/content/ focus of the it?
3: Interpret it:
- What title would you give the photograph and why?
- What do you think was happening at the time that this photograph was taken?
- What do you think the photograph is trying to convey
4: Analyse it:
- What can you say about the lighting and the colours that build up the photograph?
- What do you think is the most important part of this photograph?
- Why do you thin
- What do you think is good about this photograph and why? What is not so good about the photograph? Why do you think this?
- What do you think other people would say about this photograph?