I ask my students to select a photograph or series of related photographs that they find personally significant. These can be photographs of people they don’t know or of people they know quite well. The photograph(s) may even be of the student. In an essay (I have them attach a photocopy of the photo to the paper), they address the following topics: A. What situation was occurring at the time? B. Who decided to take a photograph and why? C. Why is this particular photograph significant? D. Does this photograph meet Dorothy Allison’s criteria for art? Why or why not?