Structure

INTRODUCTION: In my introduction, I will explain what the essay is going to do.

• Explain how I interpret the question – explain how the work of Sophie Calle and Henrik Malmström is unconventional, different, successful and appealing to the audience.
• Identify issues that I am going to explore – Meaning and origin of ‘conventional documentary photography’, how artistic movements have influenced/developed our understanding/perception. Include – Straight Photography and Realism movement; deprived and started due to the pictorialism; started due to scientific approach to photography.
• Use at least one quote -“documentary photography typically focuses on an ongoing issue (or story) which it relates through a series of photographs.”link or “Street photography is candid photography of life and human nature. We are filtering what we see, to find the moments that intrigue us, and to then share them with others.”link

Questions to consider:  What is your area of study?  Which artists will you be analysing and why?  How will you be responding to their work and essay question?

ANALYSIS & MAIN BODY: Develop of argument or line of reasoning

• The first paragraph should covers the first things said in the Introduction.
• Other sentences should develop the subject of the paragraph.
• Include relevant examples, details, evidence, quotations, and references showing understanding of relevant theory and reading

 Historical/ theoretical context within art, photography and visual culture relevant to the area of study. Make links to art movements/ isms and some of the methods employed by critics and historian.

Set the scene for the next paragraph.

• Analyse first artist/photographer in relation to essay question. Present and evaluate my own images and responses.
• Analyse second artist/photographer in relation to essay question. Present and evaluate my own images and responses.

CONCLUSION: The conclusion contains no new material

• Summarise argument and the main themes.
•  Draw parallels, explore differences/ similarities between artists/photographers and that of my own work that I have produced
• State general conclusions and evaluate findings.
• Make it clear why those conclusions are important or significant.

In the last sentence, sum up the argument very briefly, linking it to the title.

References/ bibliography/ appendices

• List all the books, and other materials that have been referred to within the essay using Harvard Referencing system
• In the bibliography, list relevant literature,  DVD, TV, internet,  including those texts that have been read but did not use in the essay