Genius of Photography 6 - Snap Judgements

1.How many photographs are taken in a year?

80 billion

2.What is Gregory Crewdsons modus operandi?

Gregory Crewdosons mudus operandi is when he organises single scene to create on photograph, it looks almost like filming scenario. He technically takes role of director of photography and camera operator. He uses cinematic lighting in order to make his photograph look perfect. To him camera is just a necessary tool in order to capture that perfect moment he artificially created, he doesn't even take the actual photograph himself..

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

Prints, which get the highest price, are the ones printed by a photographer himself/herself close to the time they were taken. They are known as “Vintage”.

4.What is a Fake photograph? Give an example and explain how & why it is fake.

Fakes are copies made of the photograph on the purpose of being sold out in the market; they are duplicated without the actual negative.

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

He used to be a Red Army news soldier and photojournalist who in 1960s and 1970s found himself covering Cultural Revolution.

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

Is a photojournalist agency Magnum

7.How does Ben Lewis see Jeff Walls photography?

He says that Jeff Walls took photography back to 19^th century, back to paining where everything can be created or constructed.

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

the photograph which is known to be Camille Silvy’s photograph – “River Scene, France”