b tech dissertation

(original version in Afrikaans)

 

Title

Klipdrif & Martell - The language of the photo

(Klipdrif & Martell - Die taal van die foto)

 

 

Extract from foreword

The language of the photo is "spoken" through various bits of visual information referred to as contextual pointers.  For purposes of this study, use was made of a comparative method within the genre of documentary photography.  The purpose being to accentuate the contextual pointers by means of  juxtaposition.

 

("Die taal van die foto word 'gepraat' deur middel van verskillende stukkies visuele informasie en word na verwys as kontekstuele aanwysers.  Vir die doel van die studie is gebruik gemaak van 'n vergelykende metode binne die genre van dokumentêre fotografie.  Die doel hiervan was om die kontekstuele aanwysers duideliker na vore te bring deur middel van jukstaposisie.")

 

 

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