In “The Orientalist Photograph” the author’s claim is “In the Orientalist photograph, the fragmented images of the geographic region encompassing the Middle East and North Africa are unified through a system of ideological denotations, which figures it as a network of exotic signifiers” (11).
Although the Orient is often viewed in a negative way, it is extremely distinctive to the Europeans.
The author gives us background information on Orientalist photography and he references Said, Ajaz, and Clifford.
The author makes assumptions that his audience knows what orietnlism is and its concept.
