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- Photograph’s Orientalism is an article written by Ali Behad. The introduction to this article ends on page 13 right before the “History Matters” section. The introduction ends with Behad’s thesis, “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). Behad’s main argument is that the Orient is a concept made up of a specific region that has similar ideas and beliefs. Behad gives the reader some context about the Orient such as the loose boundaries of the region. Additionally Behad references Edward Said, Ajaz Ahmad, and James Clifford and their writings about the Orient. The biggest assumption that Behad makes is that readers understand what the Orient and Orientalism is. This makes it clear that this is not a source for people who have never learned about this idea.
