1.What
is described as “One of the most familiar concepts in photography”?
“A
decisive moment”
2.Should
you trust a photograph?
We
should not trust it blindly. Photograph is showing only one side, objective
point of view of the photographer, it can be surrounded by myths and create
clichés.
3.What
was revolutionary about the Leica in 1925?
It
was the first small, light, easy to carry, quiet camera.
4.What
did George Bernard Shaw say about all the paintings of Christ?
“I
would exchange every painting of Christ for one snapshot”
5.Why
were Tony Vaccaros’ negatives destroyed by the army censors?
They
contained images of dead GI’s so army censors decided that the world is not
ready to see that.
6.Who
was Henryk Ross and what was his job?
Jewish
photographer (propaganda on one hand), who was incarcerated in Lodz ghetto. His
job was to record life in ghetto and document the production of goods, produced
by the inhabitants.
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?
“The
Family of man”, opened in New York, 1955. 9million visitors saw it by 1964. It
ends with an optimistic cliché, that photographers themselves are the falily of
man, that they felt the same. It ends with W. Eugene Smith’s picture of his
children, going into the light from the shadows of their own garden, beginning
of their sentimental journey through life.
8.Why did Joel Meyerowitz photograph ground
zero in colour?
There is a tragic element in black and
white photography and the photographer did not want to keep it as a tragedy
while it was just a collapse
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