If you see this image with a quick glance, you would recognize immediately without having to think or look carefully what the principle idea is. Every day, we see thousands of images that pass through our eyes. Unfortunately, not many of the images can recognize easily.

21st Century Photo Visuals

Almost 10 years into the 21st centrury, new technological advancements are bringing old and new visual media to a larger and more diverse audience. In an article from CNET.com, it showcases how Apple's Iphone, and an application designed by Canada's National Film Board, or NFB for short, is being used to bring previously hidden away short films out of the shadows.

I think more people will definately become fans of the short film genre, now that is more accessible then it previously was.

http://http//reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10381323-233.html

Photo Visual Literacy

Photo visual literacy is one of human kind's most important and powerful methods to communicate. It surrounds us and it became an essential part of our everyday lives in applications such as photography, video, film, advertising, painting, sculpture, street signs, etc. It can also help people to break the language barrier that exists between nations.

Photo visual literacy can carry powerful messages like this Australian short film to raise our attention to the awareness that our children watching and copying our every move.

http://www.filecabi.net/forum/download.php?file=children-see-do

The roots of photo visual literacy go back to a very long time, perhaps its earliest manifestation is cave drawings. This cave wall painting comes from 6000 B.C. Tassili, Sahara Desert, North Africa.

http://www.crystalinks.com/ufohistory.html

A single photo ad of an Italian clothing company, more than thousand words, can make us think and encourage us to pay attention to a very important issue of our time; human rights.

http://press.benettongroup.com/ben_en/about/campaigns/list/

Meaningful, thought provoking, revolutionary, informational, entertaining or useless, photo visual literacy has been with us since the early ages and will stay until the end of our time on this planet.

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