FSN 503 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Weegee, Medieval University, Roland Barthes

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Looking and wilfully not looking at something both have meaning within the economy of looking. An image can mean different things to different people. The first murder by arthur filler (aka weegee for the speed at which he arrived on crime scenes) Calls attention to both the act of looking at the forbidden [murder] scene and the capacity of the still camera to capture heightened fleeting emotion (pg. Children are gawking at the murdered body, but adults are avoiding it. The photograph of emmett till"s brutalized corpse provides evidence of violence and injustice of the. 20th century, but also is a perfect examples of a photograph"s potential to shock and horrify to inspire a movement. He was beaten, tortured and kill for reportedly whistling at a white woman. Representation refers to the use of language and images to create meaning about the world around us . Takes place through systems like language, structured according to rules/conventions.

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