In the article “Photo of a Drowned Migrant Father and Daughter is Fading Fast” SCANPUB’s team member Jens Kjeldsen asks the question: “Can images of suffering really stop war – or change immigration policy?”.
The article features an analysis of the photo of two drowning migrants, Óscar Alberto Martínez Ramírez and his daughter. Kjeldsen gives a different perspective on the case based on the workings of landmark news photographs. You can read the article in Reading the pictures.
Reading the Pictures is a non-profit web-based educational publishing organization. It is dedicated to visual culture, visual literacy and media literacy through the analysis of images from the news, documentaries and social media.
Jens Kjeldsen asks the question: “Can images of suffering really stop war – or change immigration policy?”