It was really specific; not SAT-style at all in my opinion. I luckily remembered some stuff about famous photographers and worked it into the essay, but in hindsight I'm wondering if "photographs" actually represents something else, lol.
my biggest fear about the SAT was opening up the book and looking at a prompt like this. why couldn't we have gotten the reality tv prompt!? so hard to think of examples for this. used stephen hawking + japanese american internment in ww2. pretty bad. my 2nd body paragraph was maybe 3 lines and stops abruptly cause i ran out of time
Photographers imbue their views in the images they shoot.
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Glorification, only part of the scene
Vietnam napalm attacks on civilians - Intent to weaken support for war
FDR never photographed in wheelchair during the 1930s - Distortion to alter public perception
I thought it was pretty easy. I used an example during the Great Depression how Dorothea Lange used photography to show how bad the crash of the stock market was. Obviously I was supporting the realism of photography rather than the artistic value. I also used Harry Potter because in the series, photographs have been developed to show clips of time which shows that it photography in essence should be used to depict events of real life rather than fiction.
I wrote about the modern magazine industry and the extensive editing. I also make up some BS about how I took a photography class, but threw in some camera terms which I actually knew. Overall it ended up better than I expected, but the essay was pretty evaluative and didn't have concrete examples.
I hated the essay! I used propaganda for world war I photography and Ansel Addams to support that photographs where from the point of view. (My essay sucked, I know).
I thought this was waaay to specific and you could only use recent example, i.e. since photography was invented and really used. Hopefully they won't be to harsh...
Reality TV prompt was literally the best SAT writing prompt I think I've ever seen. When I got the test I couldn't even start my test because I was blown away by my luck. I mean that question was made for me and all the other slackers who watch to much jersey shore
^Haha...Lucky you. I know basically nothing about reality TV, so I just had to talk about the few shows that I did know about and their effects on long-term mentality. Ugh.
you know guys, it's not necessary to write about historical facts...
I made up a story - I think I will get a 12 easily...
And also, SAT markers see thousands of examples-ridden essay. A flavor of personal story written in superb structures and elegant diction can easily be more favorable to markers' senses.
Ex 1: WWI & WWII propaganda (Committee on Public Info & anti-German propaganda sent by the British)
Ex 2: camera settings (i.e. B/W, sepia, foreground/background)
Haha they seem lame when I write them out but I think I did fine.
I used propaganda for world war I photography and Ansel Addams to support that photographs where from the point of view. (My essay sucked, I know). 
