Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2096029
Tim Gleason
Because the Farm Security Administration (FSA) distributed the photographs to publications during the American Depression, this was likely the only widespread distribution of street and social landscape photography in the United States. This article aims to explore the two genres within FSA documentary photography. The relevance of this research is that the photographs are primary sources of American history—including journalism’s own—and their meaningfulness needs to be further investigated to understand how they communicated the conditions of America for public consumption. Although specific photographers had their work analyzed countless times as broadly documentary or specifically portraiture, there is a significant gap in the study of FSA photography as street and social landscape photography.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2097828
Lawrence J. Mullen
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2096033
Rabia Yaseen
{"title":"Colors of an Archetypal Life","authors":"Rabia Yaseen","doi":"10.1080/15551393.2022.2096033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2022.2096033","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43914,"journal":{"name":"Visual Communication Quarterly","volume":"66 1","pages":"210 - 218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90863699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2096030
Bimbisar Irom, Porismita Borah, S. Gibbons
Media depictions of refugees play a significant role in determining public attitudes toward policies and dispensation of aid. Given this centrality, the study analyzes prominent visual frames of the Rohingya refugee crisis in newspapers from Pakistan, Bangladesh, the United States, and Canada. We also examine the frames qualitatively. Findings show that overall coverage tended to focus on negative aspects by highlighting refugees’ vast numbers, vulnerability, gendered stereotypes, and dependence on Western benevolence. Results show cross-cultural appeal of frames such as “Exodus” and “mother and child,” both of which have roots in the Biblical tradition. Even though visuals came from different sources, there were not many differences among the newspapers. This suggests the role of standardized journalistic routines across multiple organizations.
{"title":"Visual Framing of the Rohingya Refugees: A Comparative Examination from Newspapers in four Countries","authors":"Bimbisar Irom, Porismita Borah, S. Gibbons","doi":"10.1080/15551393.2022.2096030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2022.2096030","url":null,"abstract":"Media depictions of refugees play a significant role in determining public attitudes toward policies and dispensation of aid. Given this centrality, the study analyzes prominent visual frames of the Rohingya refugee crisis in newspapers from Pakistan, Bangladesh, the United States, and Canada. We also examine the frames qualitatively. Findings show that overall coverage tended to focus on negative aspects by highlighting refugees’ vast numbers, vulnerability, gendered stereotypes, and dependence on Western benevolence. Results show cross-cultural appeal of frames such as “Exodus” and “mother and child,” both of which have roots in the Biblical tradition. Even though visuals came from different sources, there were not many differences among the newspapers. This suggests the role of standardized journalistic routines across multiple organizations.","PeriodicalId":43914,"journal":{"name":"Visual Communication Quarterly","volume":"32 1","pages":"194 - 209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84603294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2096031
Roger C. Aden, Alexis J. Karolin
This work explores photography’s potential to return the gaze and challenge powerholders within spaces of control. The authors analyzed 167 photographs from the Japanese American National Museum Jack Iwata Photo Collection to understand disciplinary mechanisms within a carceral landscape and the potential surveillance therein. The authors concluded that these historical photographs can not only supplement historical narratives of internment but also provide insight on methods of actual and potential visibility. At the same time, the authors contend that Iwata’s images are composed in ways that challenge authority.
{"title":"Returning the Gaze: A Visual Analysis of Jack Iwata’s Photography in Japanese American Internment Camps","authors":"Roger C. Aden, Alexis J. Karolin","doi":"10.1080/15551393.2022.2096031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2022.2096031","url":null,"abstract":"This work explores photography’s potential to return the gaze and challenge powerholders within spaces of control. The authors analyzed 167 photographs from the Japanese American National Museum Jack Iwata Photo Collection to understand disciplinary mechanisms within a carceral landscape and the potential surveillance therein. The authors concluded that these historical photographs can not only supplement historical narratives of internment but also provide insight on methods of actual and potential visibility. At the same time, the authors contend that Iwata’s images are composed in ways that challenge authority.","PeriodicalId":43914,"journal":{"name":"Visual Communication Quarterly","volume":"9 1","pages":"165 - 177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82720108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2097539
S. Epping
{"title":"O. N. Pruitt’s Possum Town: Photographing Trouble & Resilience in the American South, by Berkley Hudson","authors":"S. Epping","doi":"10.1080/15551393.2022.2097539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2022.2097539","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43914,"journal":{"name":"Visual Communication Quarterly","volume":"50 1","pages":"219 - 220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72432235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-01DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2096032
Shahar Marnin-Distelfeld
This article examines representations of homemakers and mothers occurring in ads appearing during Mandate Palestine. It is based on comprehensive research of about 150 ads, from dailies, women’s magazines, and manuals published in Hebrew at that time. In all ads, a feminine figure appears as the main character. The ads are analyzed, extracting the meanings inherent in them regarding the role and social status of the Hebrew homemaker, as a key to understanding the worldviews prevalent in the Yishuv. This premise perceives the ads as cultural texts, aiming for an effective communication with their audience. Decoding these ads is done according to theories taken from semiotics and cultural studies in relation to historical knowledge of Hebrew homemakers of the Yishuv. Three dominant ideologies were explored underlying the ads: Hebrew nationalism, modern domesticity, and the ideology of science. The strategies used by advertisers are also discussed, in themselves a significant tool for constructing meaning.
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Pub Date : 2022-04-03DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2059759
S. Hessels, Minka Stoyanova
Media façades and digital billboards are becoming an increasingly common fixture in urban landscapes. However, these contemporary signage solutions bear a number of negative social and environmental effects. In addition to obscuring historic architecture and increasing light pollution, they also compete with municipal signage, traditional advertisements, and mobile media to increase our experience of information overload. Smart (environmentally responsive) materials represent an ambient, low-energy alternative to contemporary digital signage. Although smart materials are being used as a sustainable alternative in engineering, they are less frequently used as a form of visual communication in urban informatics. This article describes three artistic experiments that reveal how smart materials can be used to convey information in urban settings.
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Pub Date : 2022-04-03DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2059758
A. Luescher
This visual essay explores the relationships between three contemporary carousels and one antique that was restored, and it examines their renaissance as key design features in the urban context of New York City. It depicts the carousels as a repository of inhabitable illusion that will continue to be shaped by the many visitors to the parks where they are located. This essay explores the spatial order that these carousels create, evoking an awareness of our own childhood experiences and the important part they played in the development of our visual arts through light, motion, and sound.
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Pub Date : 2022-04-03DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2022.2069425
R. Richardson
{"title":"Law, Judges and Visual Culture, by Leslie J. Moran","authors":"R. Richardson","doi":"10.1080/15551393.2022.2069425","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15551393.2022.2069425","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":43914,"journal":{"name":"Visual Communication Quarterly","volume":"121 1","pages":"145 - 146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74826534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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