The Trevor Paglen folder I found very interesting because it
covers a wide range of different subject matters. For example it talks about
Activist Art, Geography and Art, and Landscapes. Photography played a key role
in different movements. For instance the relationship between Art and politics.
Photography medium increasingly shaped the twentieth-century. Photography also
plays a role in antiwar movements. It is a key role in antiwar movements
because it shows how people suffer because of it. Antiwar photos are very
common because it is very hard to capture war in a positive light. It often
shows suffering because they want to create empathy with the viewers. Children
are often photographed for this reason. A photography will avoid the picture of
the happy family being reunited, if they can capture a photo of a child crying
over a victim of war. This article got me thinking back to class when we were
considering if documentary photography was an art. If you are documenting
something is it art?
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