All of these videos and articles have the common themes of using others photographs and changing them in a way to portray meaning. While I was watching the videos on the contemporary Native Photos on the Native American's I had to think about how I define people as Native American. I feel like there is so much more to their culture that hasn't really been brought to light and I think that is what the show was about. My favorite piece that they talked about was the one where they did the cutout of the previously photographed men and this was done to "give them their power back".
Another Video that caught my eye was the one by Kevin J. Miyazaki. The photos that he used helped him to understand his Japanese/ American history and they also helped bring people together who have had similar histories. He was not creating any new pictures for this project he just simple created a way for them to all come together in a cohesive manner.
Are they giving credit to the original photographers?
would the photographers like their changed pieces of work?
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