Trump: The Purpose of Photojournalism in the Post-Truth Era | Time.com

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The Purpose of Photography in a Post-Truth Era

The ways photographs are used and consumed have changed, writes Santiago Lyon

via Time: http://time.com/4650956/photojournalism-post-truth/

The “post-truth” environment we live in seems, at least in part, to be a function of the current confusing information flow and how politicians, governments and others use it towards their own ends. It remains to be seen what longer term effects this will have on journalism generally and photojournalism in particular but the power of the still image remains undeniable, even if some choose to ignore inconvenient truths.