Saturday, March 10, 2012

Genius of Photography- part 3

1.What is described as “One of the most familiar concepts in photography”?  

2.Should you trust a photograph? (1.38m G3)

3.What was revolutionary about the Leica in 1925?

compact, quite, it gave birth to a whole new style of instant photography.enables you to glide throught the moment. you can also see the world through in eye, and and the world through the camera with the other eye.

4.What did George Bernard Shaw say about all the paintings of Christ?

“i want to change every painting of Christ for one snap shot.” this is the power of photography

5.Why were Tony Vaccaros’ negatives destroyed by the army censors?

the negatives contained images of dead GI’s, decisive moments the world wasn’t yet ready to except.

6.Who was Henryk Ross and what was his job? a photographer?

official photographer of the Nazi ghetto, documented the productions of goods, which sold for money for the caperers ….propaganda photographer, ID card pictures. photo-journalist before the war.  

7.Which show was a “sticking plaster for the wounds of the war”, how many people saw it and what “cliché” did it end on?

8.Why did Joel Meyerowitz photograph ground zero in colour?

“if it had been shot in monochrome would be to keep it as a tragedy, this was not war, but destruction, two similar, but different events.

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