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Art Architecture and Design
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Documentary Photography

Robert Capa, France, 1944. Normandy. Omaha Beach. French fishermen looking at the bodies of soldiers killed, https://pro.magnumphotos.com/C.aspx?VP3=CMS3&VF=MAGO31_10_VForm&ERID=24KL535353.

There is a great importance with documentary photography. The role of this specific photography is essential to human remembrance and the integral history and stories play in our lives. These photographers such as Robert Capa might be risking their own safety or lives to capture the truths about what happens in present so it can one day be remembered and relived properly. We cannot all be in every place at once, these photographs provide insight into major events that the general population should be informed but may not be able to experience firsthand. Today this photography is vital in keeping up with our constant streams of media. We feed off photos from around the world to provide information about what is going on in different, states, countries and continents.

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