Visual literacy

'Visual literacy' is ongoing project It focuses on developing a structure for visual reading. It is presented in a pseudo-scientific manner with the elements, methodology and didactics of an education handbook. The project aims to research the phenomenon of image comprehension and general image perception through an artistic, rather than an academic approach. I use the language of pedagogy to make a critical remark towards our ability to perceive visual information in a time of supremacy of the image.

Aim of this work is: introducing principals of visual literacy by means of photography, stimulating a critical reaction on the image in general, appealing to qualitative perception of art, extracting the meaning, focusing on the problems that have occurred in the field of communication and human perception of the image as a result of the manifestation of the visual culture. To achieve these goals I developed a course on visual literacy which consists of 5 chapters which explore different aspects of visual grammar. More information about this work you can find on the website I've made especially to elaborate on this work.

Some examples:

Glass
Wooden piece
The sour is yellow
Bouillon cube
Unfamiliar objects
Detective case
Strawberry box
Visual metaphor

If you have gotten acquainted with some skills in visual literacy you can proceed to doing the following exercises and see if you can apply your knowledge.