There is a paradoxical aspect to the photographic image. It promises us the truth but does not actually reproduce it. The photograph is an enigmatic and complicated item that wheels enormous power. It demands aesthetic and ethical considerations in how we take photographs and use them. Photographic images pervade our modern society from the simple snapshots to commanding documentary pictures. The evidence of how we make and use photographs is in its physical presence. As a "maker" of pictures, take on two different roles: one a "tourist," and the other a "visual anthropologist." First, photograph your hometown as a "tourist." Second, make another series of photographs of the same place as a "visual anthropologist."

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There is a paradoxical aspect to the photographic image. It promises us the truth but does not actually reproduce it. The photograph is an enigmatic and complicated item that wheels enormous power. It demands aesthetic and ethical considerations in how we take photographs and use them. Photographic images pervade our modern society from the simple snapshots to commanding documentary pictures. The evidence of how we make and use photographs is in its physical presence. As a "maker" of pictures, take on two different roles: one a "tourist," and the other a "visual anthropologist." First, photograph your hometown as a "tourist." Second, make another series of photographs of the same place as a "visual anthropologist."