Despite our vast knowledge of photography and war individually, very few have a detailed knowledge about war photography combined. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to educate readers on war photography by discussing the impact its introduction had on society and to highlight a few of the photojournalism and war/combat photographers that have played an important part in the industry. Photography is a very broad topic, that can primarily be brought down to this main idea of capturing a vision. It’s the power of understanding the photographers perspective and becoming intertwined in that moment through the way the photograph captures your attention. War photography itself is important because it shows us the way in which history has lived on in memories. The research evident in this study draws upon exploration and analysis of photographers such as Roger Fenton, Robert Capa, George Rodger and Mathew Brady which provides truthful revelations, therefore …show more content…
Furthermore, this study will help close the gap in the audiences knowledge about war and photography and provide them with a different perspective, in depth, into the understanding on the true impact & meaning of war photographs during the nineteenth and twentieth century. To us nineteenth Century photographs can appear prehistoric, due to our advancement of technology, however, as we will see through the works of nineteenth century photographers such as Rodger Fenton, the involvement behind capturing photographs was intricate and had major impacts on society. It was difficult for photographers to capture the action during nineteenth century conflicts due to slow exposure times and bulky equipment, therefore many photographers like Fenton’s avoided combat, harrowing scenes and captured the post-conflict. At this time when government parties, were also trying to illustrate, through visual evidence, that newspapers and accounts were