Photography, Photographic Arts, and the Visual Research Process in Qualitative Inquiry
Oxford; New York: Routledge (2025), 188 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-1-04-015532-5 (pbk); 9781003034773 (ebook)
"Photography, Photographic Arts and the Visual Research Process in Qualitative Inquiry is a book that introduces doctoral students and early career researchers to photography as a significant dimension of visual qualitative methods. It examines the potential of photographic arts in qualitative research by highlighting theory and practice. Theories of photographic research and the types of photography within the genre are presented along with tips and exercises on how to conduct visual research through the use of photography. The central features of this book include learning to incorporate photography and photographic thinking through the arc of the research process. Question posing, data gathering, data analysis, and presentation and dissemination of photographic research ae discussed. Ethics for photographic qualitative research is discussed. Learning to consider all senses for visual analysis and to consider issues of power and equity in photographic research is explained. Readers of this book can practice different ways to think about photographic research through the exercises and tips offered at the end of each chapter." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction to Photographic Research, 1
2 Ethics and photographic visual research, 7
3 Ways of Seeing and Research Photography, 22
4 Participatory Action Research (PAR) and Photography, 42
5 Researcher Photography & Videography, 62
6 Protest Photography and Democratic Witnessing, 78
7 Land, place, context and photographic arts, 91
8 Interviews and Photography, 109
9 Photographic data analysis and display, 129
10 Writing, exhibitions, narratives, and photography, 158
2 Ethics and photographic visual research, 7
3 Ways of Seeing and Research Photography, 22
4 Participatory Action Research (PAR) and Photography, 42
5 Researcher Photography & Videography, 62
6 Protest Photography and Democratic Witnessing, 78
7 Land, place, context and photographic arts, 91
8 Interviews and Photography, 109
9 Photographic data analysis and display, 129
10 Writing, exhibitions, narratives, and photography, 158