Explore the may ways that photography has had an impact on shaping Canadian aid workers' and photographers' perceptions of humanity, experiences as humanitarians, and personal lives.  

Photography is a medium that not only is acted upon by people, but it also acts upon people. 

Photography with a lasting impression

Despite the medium's limitations and longstanding skepticism of photography, promise and potential inherent in the use of the camera continue to inspire its use and relevance.

Photography and its promises

A photograph is much more than the two-dimensional image contained within the image's frame. According to visual theorist Ariella Azoulay, "watching" a photograph, rather than simply looking at it, is fundamentally an act of historical thinking, which “entails dimensions of time and movement that need to be reinscribed in the interpretation of the still photographic image” (2008: 14). 

"Watching" a photograph: