Photographic assessment: a major social weapon

Abstract

This a rticle analyzes the importance of deve loping the appreciation of photography as one of the manifestations of art in order to be used a s a weapon of struggle. Photography is one of the manifestations of visual arts. In newspapers, books, magazines and other publications the re appears the photog raphic image. In the school setting during the teaching-learning process, specifically in the textbooks, the teleclass and the videoclas s there is the picture in all genres translated into visual language. It communicates through a vast field of symbols, and the student must know to unravel from the development of basic visual capabilities. This general o bjective contributes to develop a comprehensive general education in students.