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This week, we’ve been introduced to the humanities and have taken some time to consider the role of the humanities in establishing socio-cultural values, including how the humanities differ from the sciences in terms of offering unique lenses on the world and our reality. Since one of the greatest rewards of being a human is engaging with different forms of art, we’ve taken some time this week to learn about what it means to identify and respond to a work of art. We’ve learned about the difference between abstract ideas and concrete images and concepts like structure and artistic form. To help you deepen your understanding of these foundational ideas, your Unit 1 assignment will consist of writing an essay addressing using the following criteria:

Essay Requirements:

• 1,000 words or roughly four double-spaced pages.
• Make use of at least three scholarly sources to support and develop your ideas. Our course text may serve as one of these three sources.
• Your essay should demonstrate a thorough understanding of the READ and ATTEND sections.
• Be sure to cite your sources using proper APA format (7th edition). For help with APA, visit the Bethel Library website to explore a plethora of APA-related tutorials, help videos and resources.

Essay Prompt:

• In this essay, you will consider the meaning of art and artistic form by responding to these questions:
o To what extent does Kevin Carter’s Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph (figure 2-5) have artistic form?
o Using what you’ve learned in Chapters 1, 2 and 14 explain if you consider Carter’s photograph a work of art? Be sure to point to specific qualities of the photograph to support/develop your response.
o How do you measure the intensity of your experience in response to Carter’s photograph? What does it make you see/feel/imagine and how does your response/reaction support Carter’s image as a work of art?

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Essay
Table of Contents
Introduction	3
Extent of the photograph’s artistic form	3
Why is the photograph a work of art?	4
Intensity of Response	5
Individual Response	6
Conclusion	6
References	7
Introduction
Art is a form of expression of human thoughts. Artists all over the globe may have different cultures and linguistics but in forms of art, all artists are united. Out of several art forms, many trigger certain emotions in both the artist and the observer. Sight of a painting or the thought that is put behind a photograph speaks of a story that the artist wants to tell. The stories invoke thousands of emotions to the human beings and that is what makes art special. Sometimes the emotions that are portrayed within a photograph or any other at home become too difficult for the artist to bear. This generally happens in case of certain masterpieces that invoke such negative emotions that prompt the artist to take dangerous steps in life. The photograph taken by Kevin Carter in the year 1994, which won the Pulitzer Prize in the same year, is one such artwork that has claimed the life of the artist himself.
Extent of the photograph’s artistic form
The picture taken by Kevin Carter in the year 1994 of a child suffering from the famine that hit the country has explained a number of emotions and responses from number of people. The picture clearly depicts a girl child starving in the middle of a field and a vulture waiting at a distance for the child to die and prey on the little creature. This photograph has invited criticism from all around the globe. As opined by Polley (2018), depressing, as it is the moral that is depicted in the picture is heartbreaking largely. This one girl child in the picture is a representative of thousands of children who were dying of hunger every day in Sudan. The power of the photograph to bring to light the poor condition of the people of Sudan with such a strong moral has made this photograph a great piece of art. 
Although the photographer has been criticized for not helping,

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