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Analysis activity 11.1 Visual analysis activity CCF modelThere are many models and ways to analyse images. The CCF model is one possible

process.

ContentAsk yourself questions about the actual things that you see in the image (Sources 11.12 and

11.13).

What is the caption of the image?

When was the image produced?

Who is/are the key figure or figures in the image?

What is in the background and what does it symbolise?

What is in the foreground and what does it symbolise?

Who or what is NOT in the image?

Context Ask yourself questions about what was happening around the time of the topic in the

image.

What event or topic is shown in the image?

Why did this event happen? What caused it?

What was the significance of this event? What happened after this event?

Source 11.12 Women and other protestors fleeing in panic after police opened fi re during the protest

now known as the Sharpeville Massacre

Function

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Ask yourself questions about the purpose, or function, of the image.

What is the main message of the image?

Is this image for or against apartheid?

Which other examples can you think of that would support this message? Which

examples would be opposite to this message?

Source 11.13 Hector Pieterson being carried by Mbuyisa Makhubo after being shot by South African

police during the Soweto uprising. His sister, Antoinette Sithole, runs beside them.

1 Use the CCF model to analyse the images in Source 11.12 and Source 11.13.

2 What are the similarities between these images?

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3 Which one do you think is most effective?

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