Power behind the lens: the hidden language of photos
Look closely at these pictures. The way things are framed, lit, and positioned isn't random - these choices shape how we see people and cultures. This gallery shows how photography's techniques create a specific framing, a specific gaze, often used to reinforce unfair power dynamics and racial stereotypes.
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The Congo State; The Congo Free State; Democratic Republic of Congo; …
Original Caption: Primitive bakery - age old customs survive among Grand Canyon Indian tribes . Navajo Indian women of Grand Canyon , America , grinding corn and making bread in their primitive bakery . Despite the march of progress the methods employed a…
A young Roma boy tries to pull off a Wellington boot from Norman Dodds MP at their camp - 8 January 1962
The Epsom Spring Meeting. Roma 21 April 1920
Romani woman - c. 1944
011148c; Belgian Congo; The Congo State; …
The Congo State; The Congo Free State; Democratic Republic of Congo; …
Group portrait of seven Tutsi men in festive clothing; DFG project: worldviews (2015-2017), record author: Deutsche Fotothek/SLUB Dresden (DF)
sisällön kuvaus: Kuvassa ainakin Albin Savola ja Alma Kestilä.
Slave hunter.
Initiationsleiter links und sein Gehilfe.
Karawanne at Rutshuru River.
String instrument
Lettering: The "scooter" in embryo - four short round logs and a branch or two have enabled this dusky young gentleman to make a useful if primitive vehicle with which to amuse himself in his native wilds on the Ivory co[a]st of East Africa. Let…
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Länderkunde | Ethnographie, Europa | Siebenbürgen