Descriptive: My photo is descriptive because it simply displays balloons with no true explanation behind them. The viewer is intended to mearly recognize that the balloons are for a 21st birthday, but not know any real meaning to the photo.

 

Explanatory: This photo taken by Brian Knott features a compilation of surfer, Jesse Mendes, at the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach, CA (2017). The photo provides an example of explanatory photography beause it explains the sequence of motions taken for the surfer to acheive a 360.

 

Interpretive: My photo is interpretive because it simply shows two figures in a snowy environment, but it is up to the viewer to interpret the deeper meaning behind what is going on in the photo, as in who the figures are and what they are doing.

 

Aesthetically Evaluative: My photo is aesthetically evaluative because it presents a landscape with multiple different aesthetically pleasing features. The sunset in the background as well as the snow covered houses add elements of beauty to the photo.

 

Ethnically Evaluative: This photo by Jeena Metzger represents how someone struggling with an eating disorder feels bound or trapped. The use of measuring tapes to represent shackles or handcuffs allows the viewer to acknowledge the painful emotion that the person photographed is experiencing.

 

Theoretical: This photo taken and edited by Annegien Schilling is theoretical because it utilizes photography as well as photo editing to show meaning behind the image. The girl in the photo appears sad, but we see through theoretical editing the reasoning behind her emotion.