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Photojournalism

Question 2 • 620139PW Intro to Art S1 - CAMPBELL, CHRISTOPHER

Answer the following question in 3-4 complete sentences. What is a photographic essay? Name this photograph and its photographer. What is the image of? What feeling, thoughts, or emotions does it create when looked at?

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A photographic essay uses a series of photographs to tell a story or explore a subject. This photograph is commonly known as “Buchenwald Survivors” and was taken by photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White in 1945. It shows concentration camp prisoners in striped uniforms standing behind barbed wire after the liberation of Buchenwald. Their faces and confinement create feelings of sadness and shock, and prompt compassion and reflection on the suffering they endured.

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