Photography

Personally, a photograph would be even more misleading.

First, limits of angle, time and space create bias in photographs. Since photos record a specific moment in front of camera, the panorama of the whole issue might be misconstrued.

Second, people are subjective and have proclivity to link photographs to the backgrounds. When they see a picture of a frat brother wasted labeled "Alpha Omega", an impression of the whole fraternity might be denigrated.

Third, A painting is a "painting". Everyone might realize when they see those paintings. On the contrary, a photograph is usually taken granted to be true and convincing.



This photo was taken during "抗美援朝" (Helping-Korean-against-American War) or Korean War in English.

This is misleading because: 1. Because of the military imbalance between China (in 1950s) and U.S., Chinese soldiers suffered much severer casualty than United States. The war was extremely traumatizing. However, looking at this picture alone, one might think all Chinese soldiers are so full of bravery with eyes saying "we are going to win the war". 2. The weapons portrayed in this picture is misleading. Since the Communists just drove the Nationalists to Taiwan, they hardly had the power to produce so many advanced weapons as those in the picture for everyone.

However, this picture was very effective in encouraging people to join the army and fight the war at that time.