Each day, readers are bombarded with shocking, inspiring and informative images. In their overwhelming volume, they can be easily forgotten. Nonetheless, some do rise to the top.
Articles on Photojournalism
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From depictions of slavery to colonial massacres to contemporary portraits of refugees, photography is a powerful tool in evoking ideas of shared humanity.
Images of famine or poverty are often used by human rights groups to galvanize support. And they often do. The ethics of these images is a more complex story.
Images move us to act – as last week’s episode of Four Corners has shown. Our government has gone to great lengths to suppress photos that humanise asylum seekers – but when they seep out, empathy is aroused.
Powerful images – like the one of Aylan Kurdi that flooded the Internet last week – can spark political change.
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Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Art, Swarthmore College
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PhD Candidate in Journalism, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor of Security and International Relations, Royal Danish Defence College
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Lecturer at Journalism and Global Communication, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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PhD Candidate, University of Staffordshire
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Senior Lecturer, Photography/ Fashion Promotion, University of South Wales
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DSI/NRF SARChI Chair in Visual History & Theory, University of the Western Cape
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of French, Italian and Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Senior Lecturer in Photojournalism, University of South Wales