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"Speaking to photojournalists and other photographic documenters will confirm this as very much a truism. They dream of capturing a defining moment in history that tells an important story of who we are and holds up a mirror to the human state (or for those who already have the they are looking for the next one).
Yes, but that's not about effecting social change, is it? That's about being good at your job, and being successful in producing the output of your job, in this case photographs.
Which is not to say that as people they might not want to effect social change, only that what they do for a living and the objects they create may not ncessarily have anything to do with social change."
a lot of the vietnam photos (like the little girl covered in napalm, and the monk immolating himself, and the photos of my lai) did a lot to bring the war home to people and shift public opinion. |
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