Photoactivism (n) - the publicizing and politicizing of social struggles that are meaningful, empowering, and/or traumatic. Additionally, photoactivism captures humanism and activism in one emboldened digital click for the purpose of raising consciousness by eliciting personal narratives or inspiring literacy activism.
The images of the Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School students as the gathered at the March for Our Lives rally are examples of photoactivism that continue to advance conversations about gun control and school shootings.
by Digital Dolly February 19, 2019