This paper describes deep viewing, a research and instructional method used to reach social understandings of visual texts through the use of communal talk, pictorial, and written means. It provides a means of analysis for any type of visual text. The theoretical origins and premises of deep viewing are examined. Also, the deep viewing methodology as it may be applied in a classroom setting is described. Finally, further applications of the deep viewing method are identified. (Contains 37 references.) (JLB)