Fotoreportaż a sztuka społeczna

Abstract

Social art is understood as a broad kind of artistic activities that intentionally contain ideological or political message. Political commitment in art, however has often come to a tragic and comic effects. Artists supporting totalitarian regimes such as Nazi sculptors Josef Thorak and Arno Breker, or filmmaker Leni Reifenstahl discredited the very possibility of making art a political tool. Focusing on the past mistakes, we should not forget about the positive aspect of social art which includes sustaining collective memory or promotion of universal values. How photograph pictured today social issues? How does it help to understand the social changes that affect all of us? What is the impact of the construction of our national identity? Considered in this paper, the problems tend to reflect and revise views on the art of photography, the role of the artist in society, the importance of the concept of originality and the changes taking place in the play time of globalization.