Genius of Photography- part 6

 

1.How many photographs are taken in a year?

80 billion

2.What is Gregory Crewdsons modus operandi?

Crewdsons mode of operation is to create a film set, but instead of filming, he creates one photograph. in order to create a film still, so to speak, he and a team layer the same image, over and over and over again, changing the subjects within, by removing them or changing the lighting, increase or decrease. he never actually takes the image, he just sees the camera as a necessary instrument.

3.Which prints command the highest price & what are they called?

prints that are taken by the actual photographer and closest to the time the picture was actually taken, they are known as vintage. Ansel Adams, 1940 print, 1927 was when the image was taken.

4.What is a Fake photograph?

Give an example and explain how & why it is fake.
example- randolf hienz image was produced more than twice, their are chemicals called OBA that were put into photographic paper in the 1955, and the original print was from before 1940. turns out it was the assistant that reproduced the print for market reasons.

5.Who is Li Zhensheng and what is he famous for?

a red solider and photo-journalist who found himself covering the revolution in the 1960 and 70’s. he had to hide the negatives, if they were found, the would have been destroyed. his images are only allowed to been seen out of China.

6.What is the photographers “holy of holies”?

Magnum.

7.How does Ben Lewis see Jeff Walls photography?

Walls did not reinvent photography, he took photography back to the 19th Cen where everything is created and constructed for a meaning, and he takes in contemporary and theoretic concerns about gender, racial stereotyping

8.Which famous photograph was taken by “Frank Mustard”?

river scene France