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Catherine is far from the first royal to experiment with photo editing.
His witty, gentle and beautifully observed images propelled Erwitt to become one of the best-loved photographers of the 20th century.
His photos and videos depicting postcolonialism and everyday life in Africa have been overlooked.
Journalists and media workers are being deliberately targeted by Russian forces in Ukraine.
Letizia Battaglia’s images of Mafia bloodshed made it impossible for people to turn a blind eye to the criminal outfit’s reign of terror.
Images of individual refugees are rare in media, but are less likely to make viewers dehumanise them.
Photojournalist Ron Tarver spent years photographing people largely ignored in mythic depictions of white cowboys and the American West.
No other photographer in southern Africa has documented war in the way that John Liebenberg did. He captured the life and the conflict of both sides in his body of work.
Images without context or presented with text that misrepresents what they show can be a powerful tool of misinformation, especially since photos make statements seem more believable.
Instagram bushfire images cut through our news fatigue. This developing brand of photojournalism brings authenticity and a different sense of proximity.
When journalists don’t interact with the public, they risk relying on existing narratives and experiences to inform their coverage.
Male and female artists have different perspectives to offer - and no less so within the photography world.
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.
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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Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Psychology, Director of the Centre for the Politics of Feelings, Royal Holloway University of London
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Research Fellow in Philosophy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University
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Senior Lecturer in Photojournalism, University of South Wales
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Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Visual Communication & Digital Media, RMIT University
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Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy and Law, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Senior Lecturer, Visual Communication, School of Design, University of Technology Sydney
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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 Art, Swarthmore College
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Professor of French, Italian and Comparative Literature, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
