Questions & Answers
What is described as “One of the most familiar concepts in photography”?
‘A decisive moment’ was first shot in Paris by Henri Cartier-Bresson. It illuminated photography concepts for everyone.
Should you trust a photograph? (1.38m G3)
Trusting the photograph was probably a huge mistake from the beginning. Photography has always been good at capturing reality, so people believe pictures, but photographers could pick and choose what to photograph – especially in a war zone. Photographs are good at effects but not what caused them.
What was revolutionary about the Leica in 1925?
Compact, quiet, latest lens technology, gave birth to a whole new style of instant photography. Allows you to be present in the moment, and glide through the moment, the window is on the far left, so with your left eye you can still watch the world.
What did George Bernard Shaw say about all the paintings of Christ?
‘I would exchange every painting of Christ for one snap shot.’
Why were Tony Vaccaros’ negatives destroyed by the army censors?
He photographed WWII on a regular basis, not as a professional, but as a regular GI. He was the only photo-journalist on the first wave of the D-Day mission. But his photographs were destroyed because they contained images of dead GI’s, decisive moments that world was not ready to accept.
Who was Henryk Ross and what was his job?
A photographer, who kept a unique record of what really happened in the Nazi ghetto, incarcerated Polish Jews for 4 years. He was an official photographer for Wodge, employed by the department of administration and statistics. He made records of what was sold, i.d. cards, graphics department – promoting goods made in the ghetto, this made him be seen as a propaganda photographer, working with the other side. He decided to document the suffering of the Jews, as he could see it was getting it worse and worse. Wodge wasn’t a death camp but the Jews were deported to death camps and never seen again.
Which show was a “sticking plaster for the wounds of the war”, how many people saw it and what “cliché” did it end on?
Photography’s most public statement on behalf of humanity was the show ‘The Family of Man’ and in 1955, it was opened in New York, 500 images from 273 photographers both amateurs and professional. 5 traveling versions toured the world, letting in 9 million people by 1964, it was staged as a walk through version of Life magazine, it was the most popular photographic show of all time. The show ends on the cliché of W. Eugene Smiths’ own children walking in his own garden, out in to the light, the beginning of their sentimental journey through life.
Why did Joel Meyerowitz photograph ground zero in colour?
Because, photographing it in black and white would be to keep it as a tragedy, there is a tragic feeling to black and white photography e.g. war/destruction.
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