Photography lecture

The lecture looked into photography as a means of documentation rather than a visual art form. The lecture highlighted how photography can be used for social commentary much like advertisement and mass media. Photography captures the subjective view of the photographer its a means to visually capture the view of an individual and present it to the masses. This enables the artist to easily comment on issues which require little interpretation from the audience as they are snap shots of real life. Photography being used as documentation acts as propaganda depending on the composition of an image the uses can be positive or negative depending on the vision off the photographer and publisher.