Review of the relevant literatureĪpel (2007) and Harold & DeLuca (2005), examine how people around the country react now and back then when looking at the gruesome photograph that was published of Emmett Till’s mutilated body resting in his casket at his funeral.

Why did it only take one image of a mutilated corpse to be published nationally to grab people’s attention? Why did this image have to be published to make people in America start questioning the issues that have been going on prior to this event? An analysis of David Jackson’s “Emmett Till in Coffin”, through the principles of Paul Lester’s six perspectives, proves that this photo has achieved the iconicity in our society. Why do some images capture our attention more than others? How do certain images make one question reality, and ask oneself what if? An iconic photograph needs to be universally known and hold a strong symbolic message that spark strong emotions identified by audiences.ĭavid Jackson’s photograph of Emmett Till resting in his casket at his funeral achieved this iconicity by capturing the cruel reality that occurred during the Civil Rights Movement. These images are used to show audiences authentic representation of live event, that later become records of historical events. Photojournalism, a type of journalism that captures images with the purpose of telling a story. When the different perspectives have been clearly defined and presented the objective stated will allow the viewer to understand why the image is considered to be iconic. David Jackson’s photograph will interpreted through the explanation of the six perspectives. Abstract : This paper will address the importance of understanding the historical, technical, ethical, cultural, critical, and aesthetics of an image.

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