Photos of refugees and war, and clichéd images in particular, have an enormous impact and can tip public opinion with respect to a conflict, as we have seen recently with the picture of Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi. How do images of victims of war and refugees travel through media? What is their impact, and shouldn’t we be more critical as to which photos we show and how we interpret them? With: Marta Zarzycka (assistent professor, UU), Peter Schouten (press officer, War Child) and Donald Weber (photographer, World Press Photo Award winner), moderator Margot Dijkgraaf.http://www.spui25.nl/programma/item/iconic-images-of-refugees-and-war.html
