| Abstract | Ovaj se rad bavi istraživanjem načina prezentacije zapadne i drugih kultura u Pulitzerom
nagrađenim fotografijama. Uzevši u obzir pojmove vizualizacije kulture i ljudske
svakodnevice, spektakla kao modernog okruženja u kojem živimo i vodećeg načina
prikazivanja medijskog sadržaja te patnje kao njegove osnovne teme, slike su identificirane
kao jedan od ključnih faktora u našem poimanju svijeta oko sebe. Pulitzerova je nagrada, s
godinama, postala statusni simbol za iznimne novinarske radove, pa tako i fotografije.
Izdvojivši osam fotografija koje maksimiziraju udaljenost 'nas' i 'njih', cilj je ovog rada bio
prikazati kakva se prezentacija 'drugih', pa tako i 'nas', kao implicirane suprotnosti njima,
može iščitati te što sve ima ulogu u takvoj prezentaciji. Odabravši metodu analize narativa,
fotografije su shvaćene kao interpretacija značenja samog događaja koji prikazuje od strane
fotoreportera. Ona je, najvećim dijelom, bila usmjerena na 'druge' kao ubojice ili kao
bespomoćne i inferiorne 'nama' dok smo 'mi', kao pripadnici zapadne kulture suosjećajni,
mirno rješavamo sukobe i možemo se brinuti sami o sebi. Takva je prezentacija, pokazalo se,
rezultat sadržaja kadra, kao i plana, kuta snimanja, kompozicije i ostalih stalnih svojstava
fotografije. Svjestan ograničenja ove metodologije u generaliziranju rezultata, kao i
preferiranog čitanja koji predstavlja interpretaciju interpretacije, ovaj bi rad mogao poslužiti
kao motivacija i poziv drugim istraživačima za što disciplinarniji pristup proučavanju
dekodiranja preferiranog značenja. |
| Abstract (english) | This paper is an inquiry into the ways of representing 'our' Western culture and 'other' cultures
in Pulitzer prize-winning photographs. Considering terms like visualization of culture,
spectacle as the kind of environment we exist in and the main way media content is presented
to us and suffering as spectacles' main theme, images are identified as one of the main factors
in understanding the world. Pulitzer prize-winning photographs are often and usually
perceived as the best examples of photojournalism and as such, they give us an extraordinary
and often heartbreaking insight into the lives of others. By analyzing eight of the awarded
photos which maximized the distance between 'us' and 'them', the main goal of this paper was
to show how 'others' are presented and to identify what plays role in that presentation. The
research method used in this paper was narrative analysis and photographs were perceived as
reporters' interpretation of captured event. In most of the analyzed photos, 'others' were
presented as either heartless killers or helpless and inferior to 'us'. Judgment of their actions
arising from those events depicted on photographs implies that 'we', as members of Western
culture, are opposite. 'We' are compassionate and trying to solve conflicts peacefully, not by
killing people who have opinions and beliefs which differs from ours. Those representations
are, of course, the result of events captured on photographs, but also of photographers'
'interventions' - composition, camera angle, field sizes, use of lenses etc. Aware of the fact
that narrative analysis cannot provide generalization of results and given the problems of
preffered reading as interpretation of the interpretation, this paper could serve as motivation
for other researchers to further explore the complex field of decoding the preffered readings
od media texts. |
