Personal Investigation – Post 1 (Essay Questions)

Possible questions to investigate:

Family Photography:

How do family photographers Sam Harris and Inaki Domingo capture everyday life and the decisive moment?

Can the recreation of family portraits show how relationships have developed and changed over time?

Photography and Archives / Memory:

How has Boltanski, Abril and Toroptsov represented the concept of capturing the invisible and reflecting the meaning of memory through the medium of photography?

How have concepts of family, separation and memory been explored in the photo books of Sarello, Casanova and Germain?

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Photography and Identity/ Autobiography/ self-portraiture:

In what wat is identity and autobiography expressed in the work of Chino Otsuka and Tom Hunter?

How is the work of Corrine Day and Phillip Toledano autobiographical?

Photography and Feminism/Gender studies:

How is the work of Claude Cahun and Cindy Sherman questioning the politics of gender and female stereotypes?

In what ways do photographers such as Bertien van Manen, Corinne Day and Nan Goldin represent intimacy in their works?

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Photography and Portraiture:

Does portraiture idealise or criticise a sitter? Comparing the work of Arnold Newman and Yousef Karsh Does a portrait tell us more about the person portrayed or the photographer?

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My question:

Can photographs actually capture feelings and emotions or can they not be taken on face value?

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