1. What is described as "One of the most familiar concepts in photography"?
In 1933 Henri Cartier-Bresson captured a moment that illuminated photography's potential, now known as the 'decisive moment'. It led to the creation of photojournalism.
2. Should you trust a photograph?
No, trusting a photograph was probably a huge mistake from the beginning.
3. What was revolutionary about the Leica in 1925?
It was compact, quiet and with the latest lens technology it gave birth to a whole new style of instant photography. The photographer was able to look through the lens and at he same time see the world around him/her.
4. What did George Bernard Shaw say about all the paintings of Christ?
He said he would exchange every painting of Christ fro one snapshot. Because photography captures reality.
5. Why were Tony Vaccaro's negatives destroyed by the army censors?
They contained images of dead G I's, decisive moments the world wasn't yet ready to accept.
6. Who was Henryk Ross and what was his job?
He was a Jewish photographer sent to the ghetto in Lodz for 4 years. He kept record of what was really going on there. Officially he was hired to document the production of goods but he took photographs of the every day life in the ghetto.
7. Which show was a "sticking plaster for the wands of the war", how many people saw it and what 'cliché' did it end on?
The Family of Men exhibition in New York, opened in 1955. By 1964 it had 9 million visitors. It ends with Eugene Smith's photo of his own children walking through garden into the light, it gives an optimistic and sentimental cliché for the life of future generations.
8. Why did Joel Meyerowitz photograph ground zero in colour?
Because he thought to photograph it B&W would be to keep it as a tragedy and he didn't want that.
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