Sol Worth
Encyclopedia
Sol Worth was a painter, photographer, film maker, researcher, and pioneer in the use of film in anthropological field research
as well as a founding father in the field of visual communication.
He is perhaps most famous for his book, Through Navajo Eyes
: An Exploration in Film Communication and Anthropology, which he co-authored with anthropologist John Adair
. Worth was the author of over two dozen scholarly papers in the fields of anthropology and communications, as well in the field of visual communication.
Visual anthropology
Visual anthropology is a subfield of cultural anthropology that is concerned, in part, with the study and production of ethnographic photography, film and, since the mid-1990s, new media...
as well as a founding father in the field of visual communication.
He is perhaps most famous for his book, Through Navajo Eyes
Through Navajo Eyes
Navajo Film Themselves is a series of seven short documentary films which show short scenes of life in the Navajo Nation. A National Science Foundation funded project, organized and devised by Sol Worth and John Adair, the project aimed to investigate visual language and how it intercepts with...
: An Exploration in Film Communication and Anthropology, which he co-authored with anthropologist John Adair
John Adair (anthropologist)
John Adair , was an American anthropologist best known for work in visual anthropology but also very much involved and interested in applied anthropology....
. Worth was the author of over two dozen scholarly papers in the fields of anthropology and communications, as well in the field of visual communication.
External links
- Sol Worth's Home Page
- Sol Worth Papers Inventory
- Studying Visual Communication - Book (PDF Format)