Appreciating the view on war that the medium provides
Does the highlighted sentence mean "protest groups also praise the view of war that photographs provide"?
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Nonetheless, our visual view of war has emerged in conjunction with photographic images that are generally accepted a being truthful records, ranging from napalmed victims of the Vietnam War to bloodied survivors of 9/11. In Canada, as we saw in the art of Gertrude Kearns and Allan Harding MacKay (Chapter 7), photography shaped the art inspired by the difficult mission to Somalia in 1993. Protest groups also rely on photography to justify their objections to war, while appreciating the view on war that the medium provides.‘Thank God that’s not happening to us,’ we shudder. Perhaps one of the most compelling recent links between war, photography, and spectacle were the shocking pictures from Abu Ghraib showing Iraqi prisoners in US-run prisons.
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I think the writer goofed a little, because I had to read that twelve times, and I'm still not sure, but I think it means that the protest groups realize or take into account the view on war photography provides. I say he goofed because the word "appreciate" is always subject to this misunderstanding, and his point is not apparent. AHD, def.
- I think the writer goofed a little, because I had to read that twelve times, and I'm still not sure, but I think it means that the protest groups realize or take into account the view on war photography provides.
- I say he goofed because the word "appreciate" is always subject to this misunderstanding, and his point is not apparent.
- AHD, def.
- 2.
- To be fully aware of or sensitive to; realize: I appreciate your problems .
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I think the writer goofed a little, because I had to read that twelve times, and I'm still not sure, but I think it means that the protest groups realize or take into account the view on war photography provides. I say he goofed because the word "appreciate" is always subject to this misunderstanding, and his point is not apparent.
AHD, def. 2. To be fully aware of or sensitive to; reali
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