Here is a link to a special issue of Forum: Qualitative Social Research on visual methods. The issue includes examples and discussions of current issues related to the use of photography, video, photo-elicitation, and mapping.
The SWIRL site is a decent web resource for working through what post modernism and post structuralism are, who the posties are, and seeing some examples.
David Coe reflects on his development as an ethnographic researcher, moving from a naive (not in a perjorative way) through different levels of awareness and emphasis in his research. His reflections may provide a context for new researchers to understand their own progression in learning the research craft.
