241: The Camera Never Lies? History Through the Viewfinder

In the 21st century, we often assume that a picture captures what really happened in a given moment. But on this week’s show, Joanne and Brian look at the early days of photography - when Americans had to figure out how to ‘read’ images - and learn if pho

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BackStory

BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Each week we take a topic that people are t...

Gesellschaft , Geschichte , Gesellschaft & Kultur

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In the 21st century, we often assume that a picture captures what
really happened in a given moment. But on this week’s show, Joanne
and Brian look at the early days of photography - when Americans
had to figure out how to ‘read’ images - and learn if photos should
be trusted at all.

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