2000 years ago, artists painted significant events in history.
Finally, around 100 years ago the first camera was invented by a Muslim Astronomer/Physicist/Mathematician Alhazen.
Ever since then, cameras evolved to what we come to see right now from advanced technology and endless variations. All along, these cameras played an integral role in conveying news and portraying events throughout the history. However, we must ask ourselves, how accurate are these images we see from the cameras in portraying reality?!
Cameras take still images that captures less than a fraction of a second in a static manner, everything before and after the shot is not visible, everything out of the frame is not visible, many factors can aid into manipulating the image and the response we can induce from the viewer with a camera, for example taking a photo with high angle can give a sense of insignificance to the subject in the frame. Photographers are very smart and can use a lot of techniques to play and shape the opinions of the viewer, photography can go under the maximum amount of biasness in my opinion!
In this video, the artist uses manipulation to do the opposite
of what most photographers do nowadays, he manipulates the
viewers opinions to create love and to make us realize that we are
all the same! Its a lengthy video but its worth it!
To know more about the project visit this link. HERE
On the other side of the coin, we have to realize that photographers around the world endanger their lives and put themselves in uncomfortable situations everyday just so that we could be aware and well informed, they conduct one of the most noble and artistic jobs in the world, provided it is done properly and without them any media would not be as effective as it should be.
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