Gregory Alfaro

Mr. Schurtz
English 12 AP Period 7/8
3 March 2011

Aesthetic Lens:
A Study of Visual Literacy
Through Photography
 Thesis:

With today’s focus on academic achievement,

we lose the way we instinctively learn. By
using a more visual approach, and a more
aesthetically pleasing learning environment,
students are able to gain a deeper
understanding of content.
(“Final Exam”)
Change!

(“Alfaro”)
(“Art on the...”)
(“Public Art”)
Meaning

Beauty

Emotion

(“Public Domain”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Glass Blowing Demos...”)
(“Tatuagem Fenix Phoenix”)
(“Picture 3”)

“(Picture 6”)
Camera
Dark Chamber
Obscura

(“Camera Obscura 1”)

(“Camera Obscura 2”)
(“Eye’ll Be Seeing...”)
(“My Own Private...”)
(“Wedding lg”)
(“Camera Fetish!”)
(“Camera Case Close...”)
L
E
N
S
(“f/1.8 (223/365)”)
B
O
D
Y
(“Sony Alpha DSRL”)
Composition

(“Boy, meet island”)

Exposure

(“The Wonders of...”)

(“Bitterne Time Lapse”)
(“Alfaro”)
 A
P
E
aperture
R
T
U
R
(“Aperture Blades”)
f-16

(“Alfaro”)
f-5.6

(“Alfaro”)
ISO
ISO

(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Unstable”)
(“Migrant Mother”)
Visual Literacy

(“Sound Problem”)
(“80”)
(“PopCorn Bag”)
(“Spanish Flash Card...”)
(“Ink Blot Flower”)
(“Urban Flyover”)
(“Branded”)
(“Me & My Mac...”)
 Learning environment
[research and explanation]

visual aids and student comprehension

(“SDSU Summer...”)
Lighting

(“Lightbulb”)
Visual Aids

(“Globe”)
T
E
M
P
E
R
A
T
U
R
E
Color
Scheme (“Cartagena, Colombia”)
Classroom
Layout
(“Clutter”)
A Clean
Well
Lighted
Place

(“Classroom”)
(“Student Teacher”)
Photo Elicitation

(“Brushing Both Teeth”)

Images evoke deeper
elements of
human consciousness
than do words”

(“Interview with Barbro...”)

Photo language

(“Blurred”)
 “In a sense,
photographs are
a language unto
themselves”

(“Bathroom Reading”)
Autophotography

(“Family Cycle Train”)

Your
Turn
Subject
(“Alek Wek”)
Focal Point
(“Eyes Over Water”)
Meaning
(“King Penguin”)
Color and Mood
(“Coast Guard Rescue”)
Thoughts Provoked
(“White Gauze”)
Application

(“Photo Copy”)
MY MARK

(“Footprints”)
(“Schools Out”)
(“Frustration”)
(“Buddha Statue”)
(“Gregory Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Schmidt”)
(“Radiation”)
(“Isometrica”)
“it’s not the camera,
its the photographer”

(“Untitled”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“My 2010 Planner”)
(“Ford Suspension Solutions”)
The Exhibit
(“Schmidt”)
Artists statement

(“Schmidt”)
Next slides are photographs sold

(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
(“Alfaro”)
 Works Cited

"Basic Strategies in Reading Photographs." Nuovo. Museum of Photographic Art,

     n.d. Web. 12 May 2011.

"Picture This: Visual Literacy." Oakland Museum of California. N.p., n.d. Web. 7
     May 2011.

Burke, Catherine. "The View of the Child: Releasing "Visual Voices" in the Design of Learning Environments." Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education 28.3 (2007): 359-372. ERIC.
EBSCO. Web. 15 Dec. 2010.

Childers, Pamela B. Lowry, Michael J. “Collaboration Taking Risks Inside and Outside the Classroom.” Clearing House 6(2004): 250. eLibrary. Web. 09 Nov. 2010.
  
   Failure (1991): n. pag. JSTOR. Web. 3 Mar. 2011.
Stewart, Susan C, William H Evans, and Dan J Kaczynski. "Setting the Stage for Success: Assessing the Instructional Environment ." Preventing School

Thomas, Elizabeth, Nancy Place, and Cinnamon Hillyard. "Students and Teachers Learning to See: Part 1--Using Visual Images in the College Classroom to Promote Students' Capacities and Skills."
College Teaching 56.1 (2008): 23-27. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 15 Dec. 2010.

Zambo, Debby M. "Using Visual Literacy to Help Adolescents Understand How Images Influence Their Lives." TEACHING Exceptional Children 41.6 (2009): 60-67. ERIC. EBSCO. Web. 15 Dec. 2010.

Woodward, Richard B. "Shades of Ansel Adams." Smithsonian 40.8 (2009): 70. MasterFILE Premier. EBSCO. Web. 12 May 2011.

Works Cited
Frumkin, Lara. "Does Increasing Communication through Visual Learning Environments Enhance Student Perceptions of Lecturers?." International Education Journal 7.5 (2006): 688-698. ERIC. EBSCO.
Web. 12 May 2011.

Works Cited
Columbia University, Press. "Photography, still." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition (2010): 1-5. History Reference Center. EBSCO. Web. 12 May 2011.
 Images Cited
"Art on the Net." Maranon. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Blurred - as his emotions ." Fickr. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Brushing Both Teeth." Wikihow. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Camera Obscura 1." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
"Camera Obscura 2." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
"Chalkboard in a School in Afghanistan." Public Domain. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Classroom." Fickr. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Day 63: Organized Colour." Fickr. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Eye’ll Be Seeing You." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
"Family Cycle Train ." Fickr. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Final Exam." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
"Glass Blowing Demos Daily." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
"Ink Blot Flower." Flickr. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Migrant Mother." United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"My Own Private…." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
"Picture 3." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
"Picture 6." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
"Picture This: Visual Literacy." Oakland Museum of California. N.p., n.d. Web. 7
"Public Art." Public Art: Mark di Suvero "Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore). Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Public Domain: WWII: VJ Day Kiss (HD-SN-99-03017 DOD/NARA)." FLickr. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Sound Problem." Visual Literacy. Web. 3 Mar 2011.
"Student Teacher." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
"Tatuishem Fenix Phoenix." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
"Wedding lg." Flickr. Web. 12 May 2011.
“Art-2010-11 - View in Light Box." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“Bathroom Reading." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“Buddha Statue." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“Frustration (was: threesixtyfive | day 244)." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“H." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“H." Flickr. Web. 25Mar 2011.
“Interview with Barbro Ehnbom." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“Letter A." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“Letter G." Flickr. Web. 25 Mar 2011.
“Letter P." Flickr. Web. 25 Mar 2011.
“Letter P." Flickr. Web. 25 Mar 2011.
“Letter R." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“Letter Y." Flickr. Web. 25 Mar 2011.
“Math." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“My Brains - Let Me Show You Them." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“Philadelphia - Old City: Second Bank Portrait Gallery Benjamin Franklin." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“Schools Out." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
“T." Flickr. Web. 25 Mar 2011.
“Unstable." Flickr. Web. 28 Apr 2011.
“William Shakespeare." Flickr. Web. 24 Mar 2011.
Finito
 Class Activity

1) Students write a short story/description about a

photograph
2) Visual Literacy Questionnaire***
3) Psychology of color Worksheet