Question: Essay help needed? This is my question \n‘Seeing is believing’. Photography, particularly the genres of documentary  photography and photojournalism, has traditionally maintained a strong  relationship to truth. On what basis is this relationship founded? How has this  relationship been shaken in recent decades? Consider what might be the  effects of the severing of the traditional link between photography and truth.  \nDoes anyone have any ideas what kinda sites i could look at or how i should begin answering this essay?\nFeedback would be really appreciated

Answer: Here you go:\n\nPhotography has always been seen as the most accurate visual representation of an event.  The action of light reflected from an image hitting photographic film captures a moment in time as accurately as the film in the camera.    \n\nThat relationship has been shaken in recent decades (namely, this and the last) due to digital imaging, which can manipulate almost any image to create something that looks very real but isn't.   \n\nIf you want to challenge the premise a bit, there are numerous examples of staged photographs and photographs misrepresented by the press.  My favorite is the image from the Challenger explosion in which Christa McAulliffe's parents are pictured in anguish over what has happened.   The only problem is that the picture was taken prior to the explosion and showed their reaction to the idea that their child was going into space.   The actual pictures after the explosion show more confusion than anguish.
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