Discussion Questions
Untitled from the series Chinese New Year, San Francisco
Pirkle Jone
April 2016
Pirkle Jones, Untitled, from the series Chinese New Year, San Francisco, 1955; collection SFMOMA, gift of Van Deren Coke; © The Pirkle Jones Foundation
- What object or shape did you see first in this photograph? Why do you think that was the first thing you noticed?
- Make an argument for why this photograph is true to life. Then, make an argument for why it is not.
- What do you think might happen here next? What do you see that makes you say that?
- Take a look at the title of this photograph. How does knowing the title change your understanding of the work?
