Assigned
in class Week 5. You have a choice to comment either on this post or
post #4 (to come next week) on branding in consumer or commercial
photography.
An
iconic photograph is a photograph
that becomes well-known and recognized in popular culture, so much so that it
comes to stand in for the event that it captures. For instance, Joe
Rosenthal's Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
came to stand in for American victory in WWII:
The
image became, among other things, a way to sell war bonds, a postage stamp, and
a bronze memorial in Washington, DC. It also inspired this photo by
Thomas Franklin of firemen at Ground Zero, which also became an iconic image of
9/11:
Choose
one of the iconic photographs below to research (or find your own):
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Kevin Carter - Vulture Stalking a Child
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Richard Drew – The Falling Man
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Huynh Cong Ut – Napalm Strike
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Dorothea Lange - Migrant Mother
--John
Filo - Kent State Massacre
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Mike Wells - Famine in Karamoja
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Lewis Hine - Breaker Boys
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Photographer Unknown - 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
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Edmund Hillary - Tenzing on Summit
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Françoise Demulder - Palestinian Woman Pleads with Soldier
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Alfred Eisenstaedt - V-J Day
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Eddie Adams - Execution of a Viet Cong Guerrilla
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Malcolm Browne - Burning Monk
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Stuart Franklin -- Tank Man of Tiananmen Square
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Photographer Unknown -- Hooded Man in Abu Ghraib
After
conducting some research, post a link to the
photo, along with the photographer's name (if known), and answer the
following questions:
What
year was it taken?
What
event was it depicting?
How
did people react to its publication?
How
does the photographer feel about capturing the image/ sharing it with the
public?
Why
do you think this image has become iconic?
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ReplyDeleteThe photo I have listed is one taken by a personal inspirational photographer of mine, the late Kevin Carter, Sept 13, 1960- July 27, 1994. The selected photo won Mr. Carter the Pulitzer Prize and he was notified of it on April 12th, 1994. After this image was thrust into the public eye, Kevin began receiving extreme amounts of criticism. Although he never admitted it, many eye witnesses have been quoted as stating that Kevin chased off the vulture after he took a few snap shots. Little known fact about the image is that the parents of the little girl were actually getting food off of a UN food truck that was handing out supplies during this hard time in Sudan. I don't believe that his image in particular effected Kevin as harshly as some of his war photography had. There is a common saying that photographs don't lie, photographers do, and this image is the perfect example. I personally think this image has become so iconic due to the fact that it shows how harsh life an truly be and how raw the art of photography is, especially under these circumstances. The photo was taken in March of 1993
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ReplyDeleteThe iconic photo “Migrant Mother” was taken by Dorothea Lange in March of 1936. The photograph was shot in Nipomo California at an agricultural workers camp, and depicted a heart wrenching image of a starving mother and her two children. The mother expressed to Lange that they had been living off frozen vegetables and birds the children killed. She also expressed that she had just sold the tires to her car to get money for food. The face of the mother shows a great deal of worry and sadness for not being able to provide for her family. After the photo was released, federal government agents
rushed mass amounts of food to the camp. Lange was drawn to capturing the starving mother, because she was on mission to photograph the struggling people of the great depression. Lange reports that” I saw and approached the hungry and desperate mother, as if drawn by a magnet”. Dorothea Lange’s iconic image of the great depression showcases the harsh struggle that families had to endure. Her image captures history of a horribly rough time in America
Migrant mother. i have know about this photo for many years now. it has always been one of my favorites. to me it expresses what America was really going through during the mid 30's. the sense of sadness that Lange captured acts as a strong voice which in turn makes it a very compelling photo
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