1.What is described as “One of the most familiar concepts in photography”?
Capture of a moment, started from Henri Cartier-Bresson, in 1933. Known as “a decisive moment”.
2.Should you trust a photograph?
According to Danto: “Trusting a photograph was probably a huge mistake from the beginning”. In my opinion it depends on the actual use of the photograph. For example: I don't think we should trust commercial work, as most of it is enhanced digitally now days, however for personal use, in order to keep memories, yes we should trust it fully.
3.What was revolutionary about the Leica in 1925?
Leica in 1925 was a compact, quiet with the latest lens technology camera, which allowed to easier capture of a moment without the use of tripod. It apparently started a whole new style of photography. There weren’t many of those cameras on the market. The viewfinder was placed in an unusual position in the left top corner of a camera, which allows left eye to be open and “watch the world”, while normal cameras, which go in the front of the face, block off the vision of that left eye.
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, which according to the army censors were moments, which the world wasn’t yet ready to accept.
6.Who was Henryk Ross and what was his job?
Henryk Ross was a ghetto official photographer in Lodz, Poland. He was employed by Department of Administration and Statistics. He produced identity card pictures. His job was to also document the production of goods by the inhabitants of Lodz’s ghetto, and working with graphics department he had the responsibility for promoting those goods.
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” - an exhibition, which opened in New York in 1955. It was staged as a walk-through version of a “Life” magazine. It was a most popular photographic show of all time attracting over 9 million viewers. According to David Campany in many ways it was a last statement about photography. It concludes with an optimistic “cliché”” W. Eugene Smith’s photograph of his children walking in his garden out into the light.
8.Why did Joel Meyerowitz photograph ground zero in colour?
Because he didn’t want to photograph it in black and white, which in his opinion would mean to keep it as the tragedy, and there was a tragic element to photography the collapse already.
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