The American Civil War, first war photographed

Seeing a picture makes one feel as if he or she knows what is happening. When a person sees a familiar face suffering, it shocks them. Someone may feel as if they are experiencing, or at least comprehending better, what the image in the picture is going through. If the photograph is of people laughing, for a brief second, the person looking at it, thinks that they are a part of the inside joke going …

…suffer. Photographs are more transparent and leave little room for miscommunication of the horrible consequences of bloodshed. The ability to publish them in newspapers and exhibitions within a short time of the actual events puts the big picture of warfare in some human down-to-earth perspective. As the modern world had learned ever since, media has a crucial role in maintaining civil rights by making many actions and their consequences transparent in a real time manner.