do photographs change the world
When looking into the research of this question I wasn’t sure, now I believe they do change the world.As Jonathan Klein mention in his Ted talk photos from the Vietnam War impacted the way people looked at war. Looking at some of the videos and pictures we see what we want with our eyes. But changing your mind set after looking at certain pictures does make a difference.
I have a picture from the famine that took place in Somalia and for me that picture really made a difference in my attitude toward hunger. Here in the United States food for most of us is readily available whereas for those in some war torn countries this is not the cast. Words are very important when wanting you audience to capture what you want them to get from the photo. However there are times when the pictures speak for itself.
Photo by : James Nachtwey
Image source: http://infoblogger66.blogspot.com/2017/10/famine-in-somalia-james-nachtwey-1992.html
My next picture comes from Birmingham, AL in the 1960’s. As we all know civil rights was a very big issue there especially in the south. You wonder do people hate other that much because of the color of their skin After all they only wanted basic human rights. The personal aspect from these pictures and so many more that exist is there is a certain history that you take from certain photos.
Time magazine and Life magazine has always been there to give insight with photos. Looking at the written material after the Vietnam War about the covers of Time magazine as shown in the module content in the United States and from Asia, Europe and elsewhere shows how the United States wants to keep its citizens from seeing too much of what happening in these past and latest wars. So to me photos can change the world and have a great impact on how we all see it happen
My next picture comes from Birmingham, AL in the 1960’s. As we all know civil rights was a very big issue there especially in the south. You wonder do people hate other that much because of the color of their skin After all they only wanted basic human rights. The personal aspect from these pictures and so many more that exist is there is a certain history that you take from certain photos.
photo by Charles Moore
Time magazine and Life magazine has always been there to give insight with photos. Looking at the written material after the Vietnam War about the covers of Time magazine as shown in the module content in the United States and from Asia, Europe and elsewhere shows how the United States wants to keep its citizens from seeing too much of what happening in these past and latest wars. So to me photos can change the world and have a great impact on how we all see it happen
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