Artistic Reflections: The Use of Photo Elicitation Method Toward Visual Artists

By this research, the author conducted the detailed and reflected of the process of photo-elicitation as a step to access respondents and to figure out theirs voices of selected word and visual. The subject of this research is a photographer from Solo, Central Java, named Pandji Vasco Da Gama. With his serial photos, titled “Republik Kresek”. The author described in detail using a photo-elicitation interview upon Pandji’s experiences with the qualitative method. First, the research conducted the identification and detailed about photo elicitations, literature study, and empirical experiences of the author for the discussion. Second, explain with related methodology about the findings during the research process. At the end of this research, the author described in a reflective way their voice related with empirical photographer’s experiences thought, and also creativity attraction as a result of the photo-elicitation interview. The conclusion of this research said that there is a potential finding during visual methodology, which is the photo is the metaphor of the meaning, photo as a representation of meaning that was attached and participant’s empowerment. Keywords: Photo-elicitation method, artistic reflection, participant’s empowerment DOI: 10.7176/ADS/98-02 Publication date: January 31st 202