Where Courage is Found

As part of an Art History course about Photography, students were asked to write a series of reflective journals. One of the goals of this assignment was to help students develop their written voice, an important skill in building a robust academic language. In this selection of journals titled “WHERE COURAGE IS FOUND” the writer has found a common thread, namely, courage. In “When the Family Photo Album Isn’t Picture Perfect”, the writer revisits a family photo album that documents some of her father’s experiences in Norway during World War II. “Angry Broad Brush, a reflection on Angela Kelly’s essay ‘SELF IMAGE Personal is political” considers how we have come to expect narrowly defined norms in photographic images. “Enlightened” looks at the work of a female photojournalist and asks, does it make a difference if the photographer is male or female?