Photograph by Joan Leftin. Part of Indivisible: Stories of American Community, an exploration of contemporary civic life developed by the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. This photograph is part of the project on the Delray Beach, FL community.
Observation: What do you see?
Name 10 – 20 specific details from the picture.
Describe 5 things people are wearing in the photo.
Interpretation: What is the picture about?
Who is the child in the picture? What is her expression? How is she feeling? Why how do you know? What is she thinking?
What is happening in the background?
If you were in the photo, what sounds would you hear?
What do you think is happening outside of the frame of the photo?
What do you think was happening right before this photo was taken? How do you know?
What kinds of gestures do you see in the photo?
What do the gestures tell us about who these people are and what they are doing?
