Expressing and Reading Identity through Photographs

Photographs, like identity, hold multiple truths and illusions. Teaching visual literacy creates nuanced readings of meaning for, and about, the photographer, the subject, and the consumer. (A Journal of Folklore and Education resource.)
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Falk, Lisa. 2014. Expressing and Reading Identity through Photographs. Journal of Folklore and Education. 1:4-9. https://jfepublications.org/article/expressing-and-reading-identity-through-photographs

Brayden, Tohono O’odham/Navajo, by Brayden, 2013; Brayden with “Lynx cap” by Edward S. Curtis, 1907
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By Lisa Falk
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Photographs, like identity, hold multiple truths and illusions. Teaching visual literacy creates nuanced readings of meaning for, and about, the photographer, the subject, and the consumer.