Visual Elicitation Visual Analysis — VEVA

Visual Elicitation Visual Analysis (VEVA) is a qualitative method that uses photographs or other images as interview stimuli to prompt participant engagement, then subjects the resulting visual materials — both the stimuli and any participant-produced images — to systematic visual analysis. The approach treats images as the primary analytic object, examining composition, symbolism, and visual meaning rather than limiting analysis to the verbal discourse images generate. VEVA is particularly powerful in participatory visual research and photo-voice studies where images are both elicitation tools and data.