How might photographs and film contribute to anthropological understanding?

This is a social anthropology question relating to media eg photography and film.
'A picture is worth a thousand words.'

Answers:
they are extremely insightful because they not only show the people in the picture/film, but they tell alot about the filmmaker/photographer by what they choose to include/disclude. it says alot about how they view the world and the culture.
because they can give an insight into the culture at the time.

there is a great post war news clip famous in austalia called the dancing man.

he was so overjoyed that the war was over he danced through the streets.

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