Digital Cameras Change Perception of War
The explosive photos of abuse in an Iraqi prison drive home a defining fact of 21st century life _ that the pervasiveness of digital photography and the speed of the Internet make it easier to see into dark corners previously out of reach for the mass media.

Soldiers in Iraq commonly have laptops and digital cameras, one immediately burned them onto a CD and passed it around to his battalion.

Amateur war photography is as almost as old as photography itself. During World War I, the army would execute soldiers who took photographs.