The way photography was used as a method of persuasion in America

"With a picture sympathetically interpreted, what a lever we have for social uplift." -Lewis Hine Photographs were on the periphery of American's lives as a sort of visual undergrowth that is sometimes underestimated. Photography not only had an influence on how people saw the world, but on what they believed. They're the pictures that Americans saw on the front page of their newspapers that forced Americans to form opinions and take action. Throughout history, photography …

…again photography has had an unparalled way of touching a person that no other medium could. The photograph plays on emotional intelligence, and transcends differences in language and culture. A person 100 years and 10,000 miles away from a particular moment can see exactly the same thing the photographer did when taking the picture. Photographs affect people, regardless of race, economic status or gender. Unlike the written word, photographs bypass the intellect and directly touch the soul.