- choose images
- explore museum collections
- exhibition catalogues
- photography books on the 4th floor of the library (shelfmarks 770 – 779)
- image databases
- something special out of our collection of artists’ books and older books. We picked out these 5 remarkable photography books for you or choose another one from the hundreds of exceptional works available.
- your emotional responses are valid, important aspects of learning about art “those items which I notice shape my mind– without selective interest, experience is an utter chaos.” (William James 1890)
- practice embodied engagements to nurture a connection to the art
- what are the first words or sounds which come to mind?
- what is your soundtrack for this photograph
- if you follow the lines of composition what movement would you dance (go ahead and dance in the library you have permission)
- can you imagine a ‘before’ and ‘after’ story
- pick a detail and draw it for a closer look at an aspect of the photograph
- For an A-Z list of emotions across cultures please see Book of Human Emotions at St. Peters House Library a sampling of which are online thanks to the Guardian.
- practice embodied engagements to nurture a connection to the art
- describe the image
- Lines, these define visual forms
- Shape and space; mechanical perspective is the geometric system of compositional lines giving an appearance of three-dimensional space
- Light and dark; relative levels of lightness or darkness of an area are its ‘value’
- Colour; tints and shades
- Texture
- Design — rhythm and repetition; balance; proportion; scale; unity and variety
- identify the image
- what’s the title of the work
- who’s the photographer — if it’s anonymous are there any identifying factors which might indicate who the photographer was
- why and for whom was the photo taken
- how was it taken — are the subjects arranged or spontaneous; is something significant left out of the frame
- how was the photograph presented
- ask yourself questions about the image and pen several possible answers; your hypothesis is a “tentative answer to an interesting research question.”
- do the research
- Visit the Grand Parade campus library St. Peters House where you can learn about the library using these mobile-based guided tours and talking to our staff
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- Search the library for print and online writing, images and DVDs
- Search Learning on Screen for radio and television programmes
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- Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography online via library gateway (click on Text Online)
- The photography encyclopedia at St. Peters House Library
- Focal encyclopedia of photography: digital imaging, theory and applications, history, and science at St. Peters House Library
- The Oxford companion to the photograph at St. Peters House Library
- Histories
- Faking it: manipulated photography before Photoshop at St. Peters House Library
- In the Face of History: European photographers in the 20th century at St. Peters House Library
- Photography After Photography: memory and representation in the digital age at St. Peters House Library
- Portraits in series: a century of photographs at St. Peters House Library
- Portraits at St. Peters House Library
- Masters of photography website offering information on a selected group of “masters”
- First photographs: William Henry Fox Talbot and the birth of photography at St. Peters House Library
- Criticism and interpretation of photography
- Seduced by art: photography past and present at St. Peters House Library
- Photography: the key concepts online and in print at the libraries
- Light matters: writings on photography at St. Peters House Library
- Photography theory in historical perspective at St. Peters House Library
- Why photography matters as art as never before at St. Peters House Library
- For specific topics within photography, search the Library’s online catalog with “photography” or “photographers” as the search term and consult the sub-headings listed.
- Journal & magazine articles
- Check out the print magazines on the 1st floor of St. Peters House Library
- Search for scholarly and popular press articles (often full-text online)
- Bibliographies
- History of photography: a bibliography of books at St. Peters House Library
- Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- use academic and scholarly language to put your ideas into words
- Quote and paraphrase the writing you’re integrating through footnotes and citations.
- Use academic language, this online guide to academic language might be helpful
- Read other undergraduate essays to develop a sense of presentation in academic writing
- My References
- Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly; Hermanson, Kim. “Intrinsic Motivation in Museums: Why Does One Want to Learn?” http://arts.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Csikszentmihalyi-Hermanson-1995_Intrinsic-Motivation-in-Museums.pdf [accessed 15/03/2017]
- Hubard, Olga M. 2007. “Complete Engagement: Embodied Response in Art Museum Education.” Art Education. http://www.moma.org/momaorg/shared/pdfs/docs/learn/courses/Hubard_Complete_Engagement.pdf [accessed 15/03/2017]
- Curtis, James. “Making Sense of Documentary Photography.” http://historymatters.gmu.edu/mse/photos/photos.pdf [accessed 15/03/2017]
- University of Illinois LibGuide on Photography by the Ricker Library http://guides.library.illinois.edu/c.php?g=348041 [accessed 15/03/2017]
- Shannon M. Donovan, Michael O’Rourke, Chris Looney. “Your Hypothesis or Mine? Terminological and Conceptual Variation Across Disciplines.” Sage Open. DOI: 10.1177/2158244015586237 [accessed 16.03.2017]