Visual anthropology is a subfield of social anthropology that is concerned, in part, with the study and production of ethnographic photography, film and, since the mid-1990s, new media. Histories and analysis of representations from many cultures are part of Visual Anthropology: research topics include sand paintings, tattoos, murals, sculptures and relief images, cave paintings, scrimshaw, jewelry, hieroglyphics, paintings and photographs. Also within the province of the subfield are studies of human vision, properties of media, the relationship of visual form and function, and applied, collaborative uses of visual representations.
Here are some digital image collections to get you thinking.
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