manner in which they had to travel, they had no othe r choice. Despite
their differences, neither Brady nor Gardner hid the political act ivist
views evident in their photographs: Both unequivocally supported t he
Union and hated slavery and the Southern aristocracy. Without these
manipulated images, our collective memory of the Civil War would not be
as rich, complex, or, some might say, flawed.
Social reform and the
progressive era
“The most political decision you make is where you direct people's eyes.
In other words, what you show people, day in and day out, is political.”
Wim Wenders, The Act o f Seeing: Essays and Conversations
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