Source: Sontag, S (2004) Regarding the torture of others. Available at: www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/magazine/regarding-the-torture-of-others.html last accessed March 2018
60 years (80 years now) “Western memory museum is now mostly a visual one” people remember events by photographs such as Abu Ghraib prisoners being tortured.
2 types of photos emerge from atrocities:
1 Trophy photo- I/we were there and I/we did this e.g. lynching- collectively photographers thought it was OK to act in this way
2 Photos captured from atrocities – e.g. Abu Ghraib recording their part in the atrocity from fun to observations which are shared globally.
People are used to acting / posing for the camera.
Digital footprint - the picture is there permanently. What should be shown or edited out?
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