There have been several world wars in recent history. The post-war generation is in the middle of the history of mass photography and mass media. The influx of social networks has resulted in a mass of multimedia material available at any time for the public to view.

Mass photography began in modern times with Pablo Picasso’s mass exhibition. Pablo Picasso had a theory that mass printing would increase the visual impression for all to see. Picasso believed that any photograph could be mass printed to help produce the same visual effect of large scale painting.

Mass photographs had begun to replace the traditional view of paintings as being the preserve of the wealthy. This was actually true in the art world until the mass production of photography took off in the 20th century.

Mass photography is an interesting medium to explore because there is a lot of controversy around the trend. In other words, people may not like the way something looks or someone who does like it may still be upset about it being mass produced.