Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Top 5 Photos

The top 5 photos we have chosen from the gallery " An Embedded Photographer Empowers the Poor" by James Estrin were: 15, 27, 9, 5, and 7

Friday, February 13, 2015

Movie Notes

1.  "the camera was more the means of recording reality, but it was a device that could change the world" was the photo Leagues credo. 
2. The Photo League separated from the Film and Photo League
3.The workshop was located in neighborhoods in New York that TPL members learned photography
4.  Sid Grossman taught the workshop.
5. If I were to devote one year of my life to one project, I would volunteer Habitats for Humanities which focuses on building houses for the less fortunate. 
6. The Harlem Document was 5 photographers, who photographed the  life of families living in Harlem.
7.Sid Grossman started the Harlem Document. 
8. The painter was Caravaggio.
9. because the light from the sun shined  the kids, which made it stand out. 
10. Lewis Hine was a forgotten man.
11. Weegee was a member of TPL and he was a fast efficient photographer. 
12. There were many refugees from German who  joined the TPL.
13. The TPL photographers were all across the world. 
14. Siskind changed after WWII by having a new take on photography and taking them from different new angles
15. The Saturday Evening Post was an American photojournalism publication 
16. Barbara Morgan was an American photographer who specialized in photographing dancers. 
17. The Photo League was eventually undermined because members became blacklisted
18. The "Growing Menace" was a Communist ideology.
19. W. Eugene Smith agreed to serve.
20. The League ended when Angela Calomiris, accused the whole group for being a communist.