Editing Frederick Douglass (section)

===Photography===
Douglass considered photography very important in ending slavery and racism, and believed that the camera would not lie, even in the hands of a racist white person, as photographs were an excellent counter to many racist caricatures, particularly in [[blackface]] [[minstrel show|minstrelsy]]. He was the most photographed American of the 19th century, consciously using photography to advance his political views.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=John Stauffer |url=http://books.wwnorton.com/books/picturing-frederick-douglass/ |title=Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American |last2=Zoe Trodd |last3=Celeste-Marie Bernier |last4=Henry Louis Gates Jr. |last5=Kenneth B. Morris Jr. |date= 2015 |publisher=Liveright (imprint of Norton) |isbn=978-0-87140-468-8 |edition=revised |page=320 |format=hardcover |access-date=August 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806065824/http://books.wwnorton.com/books/picturing-frederick-douglass/ |archive-date=August 6, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=David Brooks |author-link=David Brooks (journalist) |date=August 2, 2016 |title=How Artists Change the World |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/opinion/how-artists-change-the-world.html |url-status=live |url-access=registration |access-date=August 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805211005/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/02/opinion/how-artists-change-the-world.html?_r=0 |archive-date=August 5, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He never smiled, specifically so as not to play into the racist caricature of a happy enslaved person. He tended to look directly into the camera and confront the viewer with a stern look.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gregory |first=Jennifer Beeson |date=March 15, 2016 |title=Who's the most photographed American man of the 19th Century? Hint: It's not Lincoln |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/03/15/douglass/ |url-status=live |access-date=August 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822122637/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2016/03/15/douglass/ |archive-date=August 22, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=December 13, 2015 |title=Picture This: Frederick Douglass Was The Most Photographed Man Of His Time – interview by Michel Martin of John Stauffer, author of ''Picturing Frederick Douglass'' |work=NPR.org |publisher=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/12/13/459593474/picture-this-frederick-douglass-was-the-most-photographed-man-of-his-time |url-status=live |access-date=May 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504082153/http://www.npr.org/2015/12/13/459593474/picture-this-frederick-douglass-was-the-most-photographed-man-of-his-time |archive-date=May 4, 2016}}</ref>