Perform an essay on visual analysis, analyzing the image’s formal qualities and its content. Explain what the image tells about its culture’s use of visual media to explore identity.

Essay Assignment

You will be asked to perform:
1) a visual analysis, analyzing the image’s formal qualities and its content.
2) A hermeneutic approach to interpreting the image’s potential meanings and social uses.
3) Explain what the image tells about its culture’s use of visual media to explore identity.

You do not need to use sources from outside our course, in fact, you are strongly discouraged (but not prohibited) from doing so.

If you do choose to use outside sources, you must include a web link to the source at the end of your analysis. This will serve as your reference. Using sources that are inappropriate according to this document will result in a loss of 2 points.

Include in-text citations if you have any.

Perform an essay on visual analysis, analyzing the image’s formal qualities and its content. Explain what the image tells about its culture’s use of visual media to explore identity.
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