In Ferguson, Photographs as Powerful Agents

In Ferguson, Photographs as Powerful Agents

The history of black representation has resonated with the types of images now prevalent in social media. Whether in 1950s Mississippi or Ferguson today, the camera has served as witness, provocateur and agent of change.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/in-ferguson-photographs-as-powerful-agents/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0&gwh=C19CB4C54BE4AA63A2D086A112F0D9CC&gwt=pay

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