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Analyzing photographs

Analyzing photographs

Q Select four photographs from the Brady collection and answer the following questions for EACH photograph you select: 1. Describe what you see. What do you notice first? 2. What people and objects are shown? What is the physical setting? 3. If the image was taken today, what would be different and what would be the same? 4. Does the image alter your understanding of history? 5. What do you think the image's impact on Americans was at the time?

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I noticed a large group of military standing in an attention position. The setting is a huge field and more than fifty people are standing in a line to maintain an “attention” pose in the military. The setting seems like a discussion before the war or going to their duties. The image would have been in color as these are all in black and white. The photographer would have considered going a bit close to capturing the emotions of the military.