Past categorizations of photographs are critiqued, and a new category system is offered that asks viewers to consider photographs as if they were analogous to various types of language statements: descriptive, explanatory, interpretive, ethically evaluative, aesthetically evaluative, and theoretical. (Author/RM)

During December 1980 a five-member delegation from the Beijing (Peking) Broadcasting College's Communication Education Department visited comparable U.S. university departments. Author interviewed Zhu Yujun, only woman in the delegation, who lectures on film production in the department of television production. (PD)

Offers suggestions for coping with the photographic problems that winter weather conditions present. (RL)

Discusses the film industry's conversion to color cinematography in the period between the 1920s and 1960s. Cites economic considerations, technological modifications, and aesthetic preferences by audiences as factors in this development. (JMF)

A capsule review of the basics for contemporary yearbooks, ranging from the need to improve photography to the ways in which a curriculum section can be made more interesting. (RL)

Suggestions for selecting a professional photographer for collegiate publications are given: develop a shooting script that defines your needs; select the photographer skilled in a defined area; negotiate fees carefully; work with the photographer; and be present shooting day to oversee activities. (Author/LC)

The physical educator or coach may be responsible for marketing programs to the public, and skill in 35mm photography can help. Ingredients necessary for successful 35mm movement photography are discussed: knowledge of the movement and the appropriate equipment; techniques for capturing movement; positioning for the ultimate shot; and practice.…

Journalism instructors are concerned that the credibility of images and consequently of words will suffer if the image content, as the photographer took the picture at the time, is altered by a computer operator far removed from the actual scene. Any discussion of picture manipulation ethics must take into account where and why a picture was…

Reviews the development of the new structure of art in England, France, and the United States. Examines how twentieth century changes in technology and science have created such artistic tools as photography and the computer. Explores how man's relationship with nature has changed in this period. (BSR)

Finds that the recent National Press Photographers Association code of ethics can serve as a model for any photography staff. Discusses how digital imaging is becoming commonplace in classrooms, due to decreasing costs and easier software. Explains digital terminology. Concludes that time saved in the darkroom and at the printer is now spent on…

Suggestions for learning to take photos that bring faculty members to life and reveal as much as possible about what the subject is really like, include: establish rapport, keep eyes open, do homework, strike the right pose, pick the perfect setting, shoot plenty of film, and go to class. (MLW)

Discussion of issues concerning the protection of artists' and authors' rights focuses on moral rights. Highlights include copyright; intellectual property protection; new technologies, especially multimedia; the example of digital photography; examples of previous cases; and the Visual Artists Rights Act of 1990. (Contains 24 references.) (LRW)

Argues that cultural invisibility happens to anyone who does not contribute images to the world or who does not vigorously critique pictures. Discusses the photography of Jo Spence and Judith Golden who expose the invisibility of those considered plain (old, sick, and female). Links this argument to assumptions about art education. (DSK)

This paper has several concerns. It is about both the stories we tell and the images we place with those stories; it is also about historical practice and the power of the image to generate new research approaches. The paper is organized into three sections: the "eye of history" and historians and the visual archive; histories of black…

In the increasingly digital and multimodal landscape of adolescents' literacies, it is particularly interesting to explore how young people are making and remaking their identities in online and offline spaces. These self-authoring practices are especially significant when the authors are African American adolescent boys, whose lives are often…