Read Transcript (PDF)
Photo Credits (PDF)
Share Video
Photography Changes What We See
Photography allows us to see what the human eye cannot, what lies outside our daily experience, and determines what we choose to show to each other. Images and commentaries explore subjects that include changing photographic technologies, journalism, censorship, perception, surveillance, time, and motion.
Featured Stories
Photography changes what we can see in the universe
By Giovanni G. Fazio
Giovanni G. Fazio, senior physicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, explains how infrared photography enables us to see aspects of the past, present, and future of the universe.
Photography changes the validity of the paranormal
By Linda Purdy
Visitor contributor Linda Purdy, resident of Tustin, California, site of some early well-known photos purportedly documenting "UFOs," writes about how photography has been used to authenticate paranormal activity.
Photography changes our general state of awareness
By Dwight Pinkley
![A scene photographed from a different perspective, can remarkably tell another story. [composite of two images]](/images/upload/Images/sm_5941_Image_DwightPinkley_Composite.jpg)
Visitor contributor Dwight Pinkley, U.S. Foreign Service Officer on assignment in Switzerland, writes about how photography encourages a heightened sense of awareness.
