CHARTERS SCHOOL PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
Blooms Taxonomy Questions and Ideas
Start with the Describe It questions. If you feel confident enough then move on to the next level up questions and answer them.
These questions can be used to show your understanding of other photographers work, your own work and ideas.
Describe it.
What do you see in this photograph?
What words would you use to describe this photograph?
How would you describe this photograph to a person who could not see it?
Is this a naturalistic or abstract image?
What things do you recognize in this photograph? What things seem new to you?
Understand it.
What equipment, techniques and processes have been used to make the image? How does this affect the way we view it?
What does this photograph remind you of?
How would you describe the lines in this picture? The shapes? The colors/tones? The textures and patterns?
How has the photographer captured the play of light in this image?
How is this picture different from real life?
What interests you most about this work of art?
Analyse it.
How is space represented in this photograph?
Which part of the photograph strikes you as most interesting? Why?
What questions would you ask the artist about this work, if s/he were here?
What can you discover about this image and the work of this artist through research?How does this new knowledge affect your understanding of the work?
Interpret it.
What title would you give to this photograph? What made you decide on that title? What other titles could we give it?
What do you think is going on in this picture? How did you arrive at that idea?
What do you think this photograph is about? How did you come up that idea?
Pretend you are inside this photograph. What does it feel like?
Why do you suppose the artist made this photograph? What makes you think that?
What do you think it would be like to live in this photograph? What makes you think that?
Evaluate it.
What do you think is effective about this photograph? What doesn’t work so well?
What do you think other people would say about this work? Why do you think that?
What do you think is worth remembering about this photograph?
Create a photographic response to this image. What did you choose to create and why?
How does it compare to the original stimulus?
What have you learned from exploring this work of art?