Art · Cinema, photography & architecture + iconic works

Can photojournalism change how we see a war?

A photograph can help stop a war, or it can lie. First someone has to be free to publish it.

20th century3 min read5 partsQuiz of 8 questions

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Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction

Photojournalism was born when a picture could hold the news as firmly as an article. One frame can sum up a war, a famine, a victory.

But without press freedom, those images stay in a drawer.

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Glossary13 terms explained in a tap.

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collective memory · concept: Set of memories shared by a social group or a nation, often crystallized around iconic images or traumatic events.
ethics of photojournalism · concept: Fundamental tension: how far should a photographer get involved? Kevin Carter photographed a vulture waiting for a Sudanese child to die (1993) and was accused of not helping. He received the Pulitzer then committed suicide three months later.
Ethics of photojournalism · concept: Fundamental tension: how far should a photographer get involved? Kevin Carter photographed a vulture waiting for the death of a Sudanese child (1993) and was accused of not helping. He received the Pulitzer and then committed suicide three months later.
Fates · person: Divinities in charge of human destiny, represented as spinners (Roman equivalent of the Moirai).

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