The link is for the documentary film “American Photography: A century of Images“.
After you watch the film please answer these questions:
-What iconic images do you recognize that have lasted for years?
-How has the affordable “snap shot” camera changed the way people document their
life stories.
-Now we all have phone cameras, how do you think that changes the way we document
our own lives?
-Early photographers used the photomontage technique. For example, they can take a shot of a plane and combine it with another shot of a street from a completely different picture. The plane was never there but, like today, we have to discern what is real or not. Do you think
it’s a prelude to AI? What’s your take on this?
-How did early photography portray people of other cultures? Edward Curtis vs Frank Matsura
-Name an example of how photography started social awareness that brought about change.
-What’s your take on photography as art?
-What’s your take on photography used as propaganda?video link