Scanning ahead…
Photography is more than taking pictures, says Jon Devo, it defines the world we live in
‘The Migrant Mother’, captured in 1936 by Dorothea Lange, came to symbolise the Great Depression in the USA.
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We live in interesting times. Technology is accelerating the development of civilisation at an exponential pace. More of us have access to some of the most advanced imaging tools ever made, which is why we as photographers have a huge role to play as the societies we live in evolve. Evolution isn’t always pretty – in its most naked expression, it is the act of destroying things that are no longer suitable for the environment they find themselves in. Ones that make it have the chance to shape the world that greets them on the other side.