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Casual, distant, aesthetically limited: 5 ways smartphone photography is changing how we see the world

T.J. Thomson, RMIT University and Shehab Uddin, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute Smartphones are a staple of modern life and are changing how we see the world and show it to others. Almost 90% of Aussies own one, and we spend an average of 5.6 hours using them each day. Smartphones are also responsible for […]

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Thousands of recently discovered photographs document life in Uganda during Idi Amin’s reign

Idi Amin at a press conference in Jjaja Marina, Uganda in July 1975. Courtesy of the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation, Author provided Derek R. Peterson, University of Michigan and Richard Vokes, University of Western Australia In 2015, researchers working in the storeroom at the Uganda Broadcasting Corporation forced open the lock on an unremarkable filing cabinet. […]

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Why photographs of dead in Nairobi terror attack failed journalism — and dishonoured victims

George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire An article by the New York Times on the Riverside terrorist attacks in Nairobi has provoked fury and consternation in Kenya. The article features a photograph by AP credited to the photographer Khalil Senusi showing bodies of victims of the attack slumped on chairs and covered in blood. A […]

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