Photography Lecture

This lecture was about Photography, but not just photography as a medium, but photography as a tool for documentation. The lecture talked about how photography has been used throughout history, but in documentation, not as a form of propaganda, but as a form of education. In the photos by Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine, the people are seen to be of a lower social class and often appear to be living in poverty. But the people in the photos do not look sorry for themselves, but instead look often proud, the people in these photos have dignity.


(Russian Steelworkers taken by Lewis Hine)

The lecture spoke about how photography has remained prominent throughout history after its creation, often documenting war with the same purpose of visually communicating to and educating the viewer.