Frameworks: Images of a Changing World (2012)

Directed by

Helen Doyle

Genre

documentary film

Country

Thailand, Cambodia, India, France

Runtime

1h 30m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary interviews photographers and photojournalists about how smartphones and social media have flooded modern culture with images. It looks at whether this flood of pictures, even of war, has made them lose their power and impact.

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What happens

Frameworks: Images of a Changing World (French: Dans un océan d'images) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Helen Doyle and released in 2013. The film interviews various photographers and photojournalists to explore the ways in which contemporary technology, such as smartphone cameras and social networking platforms on the internet, have led to modern culture becoming so bombarded with photographic and video images that even the most shocking images of war are losing their power and impact. The film premiered at the 2013 International Festival of Films on Art, before going into commercial release in September. The film received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Documentary Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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