A People's Art History of the United States
Nicolas Lampert
This reading talks about how photographers have the power to change
anything that is going on in a photo, which means that photos often tell us
more about the photographer than what is being photographed. In this reading
they talk specifically about Native Americans being photographed as if they
were untouched by white society, which was seen as problematic by many people
because it is a false representation of the reality Native Americans live. The
Native Americans became angered by all of this and started resisting the camera
and protesting against photographers. Natives took matters into their own hands
and became photographers to document their culture in a correct way that only
they could do.
I can totally understand why the
Natives were angered by these outside photographers documenting them in a false
way. I completely agree that photos turn out way better when they are truly one
hundred percent authentic as opposed to staged. When a photo is staged it loses
so much meaning versus actually capturing a real moment in time and portraying
things how they actually are.
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