Pivotal Moments in History
Throughout its run, LIFE magazine endeavored to present what it considered pivotal moments in sociopolitical history through its unique medium of photojournalism. Vital in the dissemination of information through images, LIFE photojournalists and editors had the precarious role of either obfuscating or illuminating the importance and reality of these moments. Examples include LIFE's depictions of the tension of the Berlin Wall, the Louisville flood, the US incarceration of Japanese and Japanese American citizens, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. How, today, in the age of social media and citizen journalism, are our own photos able to preserve sociopolitical memory; what challenges might we face?
Pivotal Moments in History
Throughout its run, LIFE magazine endeavored to present what it considered pivotal moments in sociopolitical history through its unique medium of photojournalism. Vital in the dissemination of information through images, LIFE photojournalists and editors had the precarious role of either obfuscating or illuminating the importance and reality of these moments. Examples include LIFE's depictions of the tension of the Berlin Wall, the Louisville flood, the US incarceration of Japanese and Japanese American citizens, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy. How, today, in the age of social media and citizen journalism, are our own photos able to preserve sociopolitical memory; what challenges might we face?