Subject analysis of press photos: an exploratory study of the elements of connotation

Authors

  • Raquel Juliana Prado Leite de Sousa Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar
  • Gabriela Aparecida da Cunha Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2013.132

Keywords:

Subject analysis of photos, Connotation procedures, Photojournalism

Abstract

This research reflects about the necessity and possibility of establishing of greater methodological rigor for the subject analysis of the connotation procedures in photos, aiming to conduct an exploratory study of the elements of connotation. It analyzes pictures in the media coverage of scientific research study of forensic archeology in the remains of Brazilian´s emperors published in newspapers O Estado de São Paulo and Folha de São Paulo in February 2013. Initially, a survey was made in order to verify the presence or absence of trick effects, pose, objects, aestheticism, syntax, and photogenia, mentioned by Barthes (1990) as elements of connotation in press photos, then, was made a conceptual analysis of one photo published in the two newspapers. This paper concludes that the establishment of elements for the analysis and description of the connotation procedures in photos should be deepened in order to seek, if not replaced, minimizing a subjective reading of connotation by uniform criteria.

Author Biographies

Raquel Juliana Prado Leite de Sousa, Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar

Mestre em Ciência, Tecnologia e Sociedade pela UFSCar, possui graduação em Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação pela UFSCar, em Comunicação Social - Jornalismo pela UNESP e licenciatura plena em Língua Portuguesa pelas FIMI. Tem experiência nas áreas de Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação, Jornalismo e Educação. Atualmente trabalha como Analista Sociocultural na Diretoria de Ensino - Região São João da Boa Vista.

Gabriela Aparecida da Cunha, Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar

Graduanda em Biblioteconomia e Ciência da Informação pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar). Tem experiência na área de digitalização de acervo, base de dados referencial, construção de linguagens de representação do conhecimento, processamento técnico de documentos, organização e catalogação de periódicos científicos em Biblioteca Universitária, administração de Biblioteca Especializada no setor de Materiais Cerâmicos e gestão de projetos de agências de fomento.

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Published

2015-01-09

How to Cite

Prado Leite de Sousa, R. J., & da Cunha, G. A. (2015). Subject analysis of press photos: an exploratory study of the elements of connotation. Biblios Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, (53), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.5195/biblios.2013.132

Issue

No. 53 (2013)

Section

Original

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