Ethnographers have long appreciated the denotatively rich potential of the still photograph to provide evidence in support of, or supported by text. In this paper, I argue that by sequencing and juxtaposing, relationships can be established that transcend surface facts and visually reproduce both the flow and emotion of lived experience. An ethnophotographic documentation of ear‐piercing on Niue will be used as a vehicle to examine the adequacy of processual and experiential strategies of still image making.
Mirrors, windows and even doorways On Niue and Ethnophotographic practice
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