Premises: Photographs illuminate humanity in unexpected ways. They capture a subject uniquely, conveying a photographer’s point of view. Alternatively, images may document our failure to consider others, whether through the eyes of the subject, the artist, or the viewer. Who we are permitted to see, and how we see them, reflects who controls image production. By interrogating that control, we can better understand whose values are displayed in our homes, our institutions, and on our social media feeds.
In this essay, you will make observations, research context, and derive analytical concepts from essays on art and representation to do your own interpretive work. Think of yourself as the tour guide in a museum of photography—your role is to produce a relevant conversation about the image you’ve stopped in front of.
Answer this question in a thesis-driven essay of 4-6 pages:
How is your selected image related to a viewer’s empathy?
* You will use the two provided texts: Teju Cole’s “Object Lesson” and Alisa Solomon’s “Who Gets to Be Human on the Evening News” to answer this question. I have attached the image that you will use to establish your argument.
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