{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"The camera's role in documenting a critical social movement","publication_date":"June 12, 2020","summary":"Today, cameras are almost ubiquitous on mobile phones, and anyone can be a photographer. In this new technological landscape, millions of lenses are focused on the major events of a tumultuous period. For this Race Matters report, Jeffrey Brown looks at the power of the camera to shape and shift public perceptions -- now and in the past. It's part of our ongoing arts and culture series, Canvas.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/06\/ade5fa2c517c95debe34656c14ecd0f5-infocus3-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}