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Picture Editing

Aaron.Burton@cdu.edu.au

W. Eugene Smith, Country Doctor for Life, 1948

Picture Editing

•  Initial questions:

Picture Editing

•  Initial questions:–  Output

•  Print•  Book•  Screen•  Gallery

–  Format (vert/hor)–  Style

Picture Editing

•  Technical Qualities•  Information•  Emotional response

Lauren Greenfield Seniors from the Newport Harbor High School socialize in the party bus that takes them to prom. The hit Fox TV show, The OC, is based on their high school.

Picture Editing

1.  Technical Qualities

Aaron Burton Social Justice South Africa 2005

Picture Editing

1.  Technical Qualities–  Exposure–  Focus–  Colour–  Design–  Style–  Format

Aaron Burton Social Justice South Africa 2005

Picture Editing

2.  Information

Martin Parr

Picture Editing

2.  Information–  5Ws–  Denotation/

Connotation–  Index/Icon/Metonym/

Metaphor–  Interpretations–  Sequence

Martin Parr

Picture Editing3.  Emotion

W. Eugene Smith Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath Minamata, 1972

Picture Editing3.  Emotion

–  Happiness–  Pathos–  Surprise–  Disgust–  Anger–  Fear

W. Eugene Smith Tomoko Uemura in Her Bath Minamata, 1972

Sequence/Narrative

•  3 Acts•  Essay• Diary/Journal•  Survey

Sequence/Narrative

•  3 Acts–  1. Set-up

•  characters locations

–  2. Confrontation•  obstacles•  plot-points

–  3. Resolution•  climax

Spencer Platt, South Beirut, 2006

Sequence/Narrative

•  Essay structure–  Idea–  Thematic/

argumentative–  Non-linear

Lauren Greenfield Allegra, 4, plays dress-up in Malibu, California.

Sequence/Narrative

•  Diary/Journal–  Chronological–  Experience–  Time

Bruce Davidson, Subway, 1980

Sequence/Narrative

•  Survey–  Methodology–  Portraits–  Technique–  Repetition

Jan Banning

Sequence/Narrative

•  3 Acts•  Essay• Diary/Journal•  Survey