The cliché “a picture speaks a thousand words” was reinforced when photographer and Seattle University professor Claire Garoutte came to speak about the power of photography as a means for social change. Concentrating on her passion for history, Claire illustrated some example of how certain situations changed as a result of the work photographers made public, such as the labor movement in the US. She argues that the child labor movement especially benefited from the stories told through photos. Finally, people were truly touched by what they were seeing and didn’t have to be literate to understand news and grasp the gravity of a situation. The use of photos is undoubtedly a successful strategy in advancing a social movement.However, this very same strategy can be equally stunting. A photograph can be used out of context, it can be misinterpreted, or used to harm. The use of photos now seems to be taken for granted now. We are bombarded with images daily and often times, they don’t phase us.