Her name came up recently in class, and now Annie Leibovitz is in town. At least, she was. The Corcoran Gallery hosts works by Ms. Leibovitz until January 13.
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
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Friday, October 12, 2007
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Is photojournalism art?
Reading the Michael Kimmelman piece in chapter seven of McQuade and McQuade's "Seeing and Writing," made me want to see some of the pictures he describes. Here's a couple I found.
Richard E. Byrd claimed to fly over the North Pole in 1926. During the flight, this image was sent via radio transmissions from London to New York, a pretty amazing feat at the time.
It looks pretty boring, if you ask me. Where's the pub?
Next up is Ernest Sisto's photo of the Empire State Building after a B-25 flew into it in 1945, a tragedy which killed 14 people.
Apparently Sisto dangled over a thin ledge while some fellow newsies held him by his ankles.
This last photo from Stephen Crowley is reinvigorated by the looming presidential campaigns, despite the fact that G.W. won't be running.
I don't think the lady in purple will be leaving a very big tip.
Kimmelman ends the piece with the assertion that the Serbian funeral photo (which can be found by following the Kimmelman link above) and the suffering it reveals are "proof not only that art imitates life but that life, when captured in the most profound news photograph, is art."
What do you think, is photojournalism art?
Richard E. Byrd claimed to fly over the North Pole in 1926. During the flight, this image was sent via radio transmissions from London to New York, a pretty amazing feat at the time.
It looks pretty boring, if you ask me. Where's the pub?
Next up is Ernest Sisto's photo of the Empire State Building after a B-25 flew into it in 1945, a tragedy which killed 14 people.
Apparently Sisto dangled over a thin ledge while some fellow newsies held him by his ankles.
This last photo from Stephen Crowley is reinvigorated by the looming presidential campaigns, despite the fact that G.W. won't be running.
I don't think the lady in purple will be leaving a very big tip.
Kimmelman ends the piece with the assertion that the Serbian funeral photo (which can be found by following the Kimmelman link above) and the suffering it reveals are "proof not only that art imitates life but that life, when captured in the most profound news photograph, is art."
What do you think, is photojournalism art?
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