Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Friday, February 20, 2015
Movie Notes: The Photo League
1. The Photo League's credo was "Struggle against and expose reactionary film". This was a method of expressing their views on current social situation.
2. The League separated from Frontier Films.
3. The workshop was a photo exhibit where all the photographers would convene and discuss ideas, new techniques, and look at other photographers' works.
4. The workshop was taught by Kanaga.
5. I would devote my time to expanding my non-profit organizations to other countries in the world and bring more attention to the causes.
6. The Harlem Document was a collection of pictures of Harlem taken during the Great Depression.There is intense humanity and sensitivity seen in all the pictures.
7. The Harlem Document was started by Aaron Siskind.
8. A photographer discusses a photograph where "the children looked like they came out of a Picasso painting.” The painter was Picasso.
9. The photograph had a surreal appearance which was the kind of painting that Picasso is well-known for.
10. Lewis Hine was an American sociologist and a photographer. He used his pictures as a tool for social reform. This was vital in changing the American child labor laws.
11. Weegee was a photographer and a photojournalist who is well-known for street photography.
12. When the Nazis took power, many photographers left for the military and the rest focused on capturing the gruelsome details of war life.
13. The League shifted its focus to photographing the details of the aftermath of WWII.
14. Siskind began looking for the positive aspects of life as the entire world lay covered in blood in hopes of motivating the public.
15. The Saturday Evening Post was a bimonthly American magazine.
16. Barbara Morgan was an American photographer best known for her dance pictures.
17. The Photo League was undermined when they were accused of being a Communist organization.
18. The "Growing Menace" in the film were the accusations of communism that rapidly proliferated across the nation.
19. Louis Steffrer agreed to serve as president when The League was under investigation of being a Communist organization.
20. The League stopped recruiting and slowly died out during its trials of promoting Communism.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
From Smartphones to Museum Walls- Comment
Photo Review
I like this photo because it is very unique and quite humorous as well. The photographer was very creative in arranging the people's hammocks in that manner as it gives a new angle to the photo. It is very eccentric and out of the ordinary.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/from-smartphones-to-museum-walls/?_r=1#slideshow/100000003500393/100000003500399
I like this photo because it is very unique and quite humorous as well. The photographer was very creative in arranging the people's hammocks in that manner as it gives a new angle to the photo. It is very eccentric and out of the ordinary.
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/10/from-smartphones-to-museum-walls/?_r=1#slideshow/100000003500393/100000003500399
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