Abilities and Disabilities Discussion

****Link for Picture that goes with the assignment.***

https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/trentonian.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/0/33/033edb06-4d4c-52b4-a26c-2b71d84f17d7/5b7c381c64093.image.jpg

Photographers don’t just record reality. They mediate it. That means that they are someplace—in this case at a rally—and they act as a go-between, showing people who aren’t there a bit of what was going on. The decisions they make affect people’s perceptions. Explore different pictures the photographer might have taken. For example, what if he took a photo that only had in it the woman in the front-center holding the sign that says “BUDGET CUTS MEAN I SIT AT HOME”? How would such a photo affect you? Try this with different parts of the photograph.

If it helps you think of ideas, here is the caption to the photo:

Roy R. Lippin, traumatic brain-injury victim and a member of the New Jersey Council on Traumatic Brain Injury, shouts in a bullhorn as a large group, many with disabilities, some in wheelchairs, gathers in front of the New Jersey Statehouse Thursday, May 14, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., to denounce budget cuts to five independent living centers.

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