We have to tell people how images are made. And, the first step is to abandon the idea we're looking at photographs. We're looking at entry points to information and to the world in which the image was made.
Fred RitchinPhotographs need to demand the viewer's attention, often implicitly, posing questions as to the nature of what is being depicted. Photographs are not there to show us the world, but to show us a version of what may be happening.
Fred RitchinI hope that many visual journalists will be hired or funded along the way as well - we urgently need their perspectives.
Fred Ritchin