Photography as Activism : Images for Social Change.

You want to look through the lens of your camera and change the world. You want to capture powerful moments in one click that will impact the minds of other people. Photographic images are one of the most popular tools used to advocate for social and environmental awareness. This can be as close to...

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Main Author: Bogre, Michelle
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Burlington : Elsevier Science, 2011.
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Summary:You want to look through the lens of your camera and change the world. You want to capture powerful moments in one click that will impact the minds of other people. Photographic images are one of the most popular tools used to advocate for social and environmental awareness. This can be as close to home as drug use, prostitution, or pollution or as far away as famine, war, and the plight of refugees and migrant workers. One well-known example of an activist photographer would be landscape photographer Ansel Adams, who trudged to Washington with stunning images of the American west to advocate.
Physical Description:1 online resource (182 pages)
ISBN:9780240812762
024081276X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.