War photography

or are the photos having viewers question his or her political support that makes wars possible? Surely such vulgar and emotive images must move the public in some way. When war hits or disaster strikes, people are motivated to assist for a variety of reasons, mostly because people feel bad for the victims. However, we do not help everyone in need and some even look the other way. I believe that us humans would not be willing to help if there was not an image for our human response system to cling…

This image depicts a lone rebel sharpshooter strewn dead among a vantage point behind boulders has been painstakingly proven to be a staged image, the soldier is dead but there is proof that Gardner and O'Sullivan moved the man's body to the place that he image depicts to have a better scene. The collodion process allowing for multiple printing of clear, crisp images greatly increased the range of photography to be spread around. Roger Fenton taking images of the Crimean war, and of the many…

Introduction Thesis: Why was photography important during the Civil War. Hook: Photography, meaning “drawing with lights” in Greek, is an art as well science of capturing light and storing it on some medium. Photographs have been used for over a century now for capturing moments of mankind and things around him, although photography dates back to 4th century B.C. But since its use, arguments have fired up to know whether photography can reflect the truth, the reality or instead push us away…

Documentary and War Photography “Is it in the interest of purity that society should hang its morally stained linens upon its lines to be stared at?” Jacob Riis, a documentary photographer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries asked this very question in an effort to stir the thoughts of documentary photographers around the world, as well as their audiences. Documentary photography can be defined as a type of photography that documents historically relevant events and scenes as well as…

The Civil War was one of the first wars to be documented thoroughly with the aid of photography. Mathew Brady and his team of twenty-three men took great care to document the war thoroughly. Brady began his photography career in photography in 1844, opening a Daguerrean Miniature Gallery in New York City (Mathew Brady 's World - A Biographical Timeline). Brady gained permission from president Lincoln to follow the Union troops to document the war in 1861. Mathew Brady, his team and his…

War Photography is an “invitation to pay attention, to reflect, to learn, to examine the rationalizations for mass suffering” (Sontag, 117). Photography had a great impact on the public's perception of the United States Civil War. The war ran from 1861 to 1865 and was the first war to be extensively documented with photography and distributed among various newspapers, and magazines across the nation. Photographers captured images of everyday life, battle scenes, but most influential, the…

In 1826 Joseph Nicéphore Niépce took the first documented photograph. No more than thirty years later, the British government tried several times to document their progress in the Crimean War through the use of photography. Ever since then, war photographs have been and will continue to be used as a way to evoke a certain reaction from the public. Leaders will show positive or negative images and use the pros and cons of photography to their advantage to manipulate the minds of the population.…

Truth about War Photography War Photography has been around for year and years and there's always been questions about their representation of the truth. There has always been a partiality of the representation but some want to know does photography shows the wars up close and personal or they might say what’s the purpose of war photography. Some people believe that the purpose of war photography Is that it has shifted throughout the years. During the earlier years of war photography the photos…

Photography has always been very important in our world history,it has in the past and will be in the future.It is an important way of documentation of the human life.It documents our people, events, and feelings by capturing that moment in time forever for anyone else who may come across the photo.”Looking back, documentary photography has made waves of impact as a method of truth-telling in difficult times, a way of exposing disturbing scenes to raise awareness of things like poverty and…

Photos are more than just what 's obviously captured but rather a whole new perspective of a certain time in history. We see photographs everywhere whether it’s in museums or on social media networks like instagram and facebook. Photos are the way we communicate messages to the public whether it’s a good one or a bad one. Not only do photographs have meaning to it but they are created to compensate for the memory that had once happened. It can bring smiles or tears, depending on each…