Short Writing Assignment 2

cpVanishing race - Navaho
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Our second short writing assignment is an extended blog entry (400-500 words) that will analyze one photo from our Edward Curtis collection (on Flickr). Your entry should determine what argument is being made about the body/bodies in the photograph, and then support that with a thorough visual analysis. This means you will need to demonstrate a familiarity with the strategies of visual analysis, including the terms outlined in our readings for this week.
One tool available to you through Flick is a textual annotation. In addition to your written analysis, you will make at least ten notes on the photograph itself. These should work for your argument in focusing your audience; your annotations should help, not distract from the argument you are making about the photograph.

Please note that when you attach your photograph to your blog (as I have done above), your annotations are not visible. You will need to click on the photograph to see the annotations.