Press Week Speech – War: The Image as Propaganda
Press Week Speech – War: The Image as Propaganda
Well, never a war without propaganda, I thought.
After showing a hundred 15-year olds a projection of my work, I gave a talk about the history of the image and propaganda, how photography can be a powerful tool to convey certain messages, how to spot manipulated images, and how to use tools like TinEye and Google image search to check for the original source.
Teenagers get most of their information from social media sites today and it is important to teach them to be smart about what they click and share. “Do your research,” I advised. The necessary tools are now readily available to us to become well-informed citizens. It is our duty to construct our own historical truth as it unfolds, and rectify the myths of the past.
Below is a brief write-up (in French) in the Lyon-based newspaper Le Progrès.
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