Deadpan in photography: an introduction to the analysis of concepts in family photographs

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Department of Photography, Faculty of Arts, Soore University

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Deadpan photography is known as sluggish, cold and devoid of any sense in the faces of human subjects. These types of photographs were called under this name in the twentieth century, especially due to some cinematic works.nowadays it is difficult to understand the relationships and emotions of people in such photos In many private and family photographs in the past, individuals for various reasons related to the requirements and limitations of photography in their time, as well as cultural customs and practices in the social context, a dull, dry and They have adopted the so-called "stone face".
Therefore, DeadPan analysis can be accelerated to family albums as well. The goal of many photographers at that time was to record the existence, presence and individuality of people, and this is the feature that, along with the form of the original photographs, brings them closer to a kind of documentation and dedication. As a result, it is difficult to understand the proportions and emotions of people in such photographs today.
Therefore, in the present study, the modern social history method will be used to analyze the implicit context of some family photographs in the late Pahlavi and early Pahlavi dynasties in Tehran, except for the technical reasons that led to the construction.

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Visual Art Studies
Volume 1, Issue 2
February 2024
Pages 59-76

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