Photography!
Photography lets you capture a moment and relive for as long as you want. It lets you remember things you might forget. It gives you a feeling in which you can always feel whenever you wish. Photography has many different usages ranging from hobbies to professions. Its a medium unlike any other, being able to stop time forever in a certain moment.
The first produced piece of photography was produced in 1826 by Joseph Nicephore Niepce. Joseph worked and improved on this new invention and soon the French government bought the patent and made it publice domain. Since then, photography has been used for various purposes in the world. Many people use photography to capture favorite moment of their life. Some people use it as a means of making a living: photography celebrities for money, selling photos to stock footages, blackmail, photos for newspapers, etc. Other people, for example photographers working for Julian Assange and Wikileaks, use photography in a completely new light for different reasons.
Photographers and Assange have gathered digital photos and videos of the Iraqi war for the public of America to see. Assange has used his resources to gather classified footage and images so that the government can be exposed for the good and the bad it has caused in our society and country. Assange got a hold of digital footage of American soldiers taking advantage of innocent civilians in this clip. (http://oovoo.tv/video/5rXPrfnU3G0).
Photography is one of the strongest and most powerful forms of propaganda and media, in general. A photograph really can speak 1,000 words. Created with the intention of capturing moments of time forever, photography has been moved to a type of media that uncovers truths and sheds light on important subject like our U.S. government and its operations.
Julian Assange has used words, footage, and images (photography) from other sources to really break open the lid on our government. It’s a fine example of how art is used to say something universal. Art, in this example, really paints an vivid image in our mind, thanks to the footage and images, of what is really going on in our world and our country. Thanks to the art and invention of photography, we are able to remember the great times our country has had, and truly remember the heart-breaking ones were are currently in.
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