IntroductionPhotography opened up the worldview. “Until 1839, the world was blind. Vision was limited to the immediate viewer or the artist's art, but the rest of the world and history could not see” (Horan 3). People imagine things and don't believe them until they see them. Unless someone has actually seen him, he believes whatever he wants. Mathew Brady showed people what war is really like. Before the Mathew Brady photos, people thought war was an adventure and that fighting was honorable, but they never knew what that was like. The war was extremely violent and people only realized it those who had lived through it. When they saw the images of the war, most people were dismayed. "Mr. Brady did something to make us understand the terrible reality and seriousness of war. If he did not bring bodies and leave them outside our doors and along the streets, he did something very similar…” (New York Times 1862). Most people didn’t come out of the war alive to tell their stories, so Mathew Brady told it for them How Civil War Photographs Were Taken. by Mathew Brady changed Americans' view of war? He showed people not only the reality but also the brutality of war. Mathew Brady was an extraordinary photographer. He is considered the father of photojournalism and the most. great photographer of the 19th century He is best known for his photographs of the Civil War. His photographs had a great impact on people during times of war. tell powerful stories about soldiers. These soldiers had families they would never see again. Mathew Brady photos are images that most people never want to see. He will forever be remembered for the......middle of the paper wars......ed. War was not something you glorified. Works Cited Armstrong, Jennifer and Mathew B. Brady. Brady Photo: A Civil War Image. NewYork: Atheneum For Young Readers, 2005. Print. “PHOTOGRAPHS BY BRADY; Images of the dead at Antietam. » Np, and Web. November 21, 2013. Horan, James David. Mathew Brady: historian with a camera. New York: Crown, 1955. Print. “Mathew Brady Photographer”. Council on Foreign Relations. Council on Foreign Relations, and Web. November 21, 2013. “The Southern Mathew Brady.” Opinionator The Southern Mathew Brady Comments. Np, ndWeb. November 21. 2013. .