![]() ![]() This article uses ideas propounded by Susan Sontag and Judith Butler on photography to illuminate the significant role of photography and visual media in international law jurisprudence. It is, perhaps, possible to resolve the ethical and political dilemmas associated with viewing such photographs by reflecting via artwork inspired by the same events. In the current digital age where the world is becoming increasingly interconnected and globalized, the spread of information and photographs is happening faster than ever before, and Sontag's argument above is both relevant to and important for the understanding of how photographs of atrocity are interpreted, If acts of political violence are, indeed, committed for the purpose of being photographed, this widespread dissemination and viewing of atrocity photos may have serious implications for the ways in which such violence is executed and how members of the public choose to respond. Unfortunately, the ante keeps getting raised- partly through the very proliferation of such images of horror." -Susan Sontag Are acts of political violence perpetrated for the purpose of being photographed? If so, what are the ethical implications of viewing such photographs? Through the examination of existing literature on photography and atrocity photographs, this essay seeks to explore the context in which such photographs are taken, and whether acts of violence are perpetrated for the purpose of being captured in the form of the image. "Photographs shock insofar as they show something novel. ![]()
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