O potencial da fotografia no ensino da composição visual: uma proposta para alunos do ensino fundamental

Abstract

Visual composition is a very important content for art classes, as it allows understanding about image formation and a more efficient reading about them. However, teaching and learning about visual composition is not so simple, or easy, due to some factors. The objective, therefore, of the research was to demonstrate that photography has the potential to facilitate learning about visual composition, providing elementary school students with means to develop the ability to produce and read images of more efficiently. For the reflections of the work, therefore, I established dialogue, mainly with the authors: Dondis (1997); Flusser (2002); Coelho, Azevedo and Baptista (2009). With a brief account of my experiences as a student and art teacher, I showed some difficulties presented in the teaching of visual composition, however, how important this content is for the complete formation of the student. I showed, through the suggested references, that the use of photography can facilitate the teaching of visual composition. The consequences of the advent of photography in our society indicate the need for teaching on visual composition, and, also, point out some of the potentialities of photography. And, based on my experiences with elementary school students, I presented a proposal of methodology for the teaching of visual composition through photography. We consider, then, that photography can be used as a facilitating medium for understanding visual composition, capable of developing the sensitization of the gaze and, thus, providing students with the possibility of reading the images, and the production expressive images.