"Worth had courage and originality enough not to take pictures for
granted, but thought and struggled with some of the most difficult
problems that cinematographers (and researchers in visual media)
are faced with."-Edward T. Hall One of the central figures in the
development of the study of visual communication, Sol Worth
(1922-1977) was a filmmaker and painter before he turned to
academic pursuits. He began with the question of how film could be
understood and studied as a medium of communication and from there
he moved on to the larger and more profound questions about the
nature of visual media in general and the role that visual images
play in shaping and constructing reality. Worth's pioneering work
with Navajo filmmakers broadened our understanding of visual
perception and communication even as it presented anthropologists
with a means to achieve one of their most cherished goals: somehow
to see the world through the eyes of their informants. The papers
in this volume trace the development of Worth's thinking and
research as he outlined the problems and issues that must be faced
in the study of visual communication. He went further than anyone
else in setting the intellectual agenda for the field, drawing upon
such diverse disciplines as anthropology, sociology, psychology,
linguistics, and semiotics. His broader interests are reflected in
several papers that apply to problems and concerns of a more
practical nature. Among them is Worth's innovative paper on the use
of film in education. Worth's contributions to the serious task of
understanding the role and potential of visual media and visual
communication extend far beyond the intellectual realms of theory
and speculation. Indeed, they speak clearly to issues facing all of
us in a world that is so much shaped by visual communication.
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