1) In The Cruel Radiance, Susie Linfield states that for photographers there is an ethics of showing, and for viewers there is an ethics of seeing (Linfield, 60). Choose three photographs (by different photographers) that we have discussed in class. First, identify each type of photograph that you will be discussing (ethnographic, documentary, art, etc.); subsequently, argue whether you think each photographer has responsibly engaged with an ethics of showing, identifying what you, as a scholar, understand to be an ethics of showing. Support this three-part argument with visual analysis and/or by drawing on class readings/discussions/lectures. In the second half of the essay, identify what you think the ethics of seeing is for each photograph, i.e. what your responsibility is as a viewer/scholar/critic. first photograph: AA Bronsen “Felix” second photograph: Charles Porter “Fireman” Third photograph: Edward Curtis “Crazy Thunder”
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