Jacob's photo j blog: September 2012

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Unusual and interesting photos, Part 2

1. Why did you you find this photo? i chose the photo because im a big fan of zombies.
3. What award did it win (what place)? 1st Place, Photojournalist of the Year
4. What did the photographer do that attracted your eye? (I am not talking about the subject, but what the photographer did)Well the zombie eating the arm caught my eye.
5. How much do you think the subject of the photo weighed in the judges minds when they picked this photo as one of the best of 2012? If their was a scale of 1-10 i would think a 9?
6. What do you think the photographer had to do that was unique to getting this photo?I dont really know?

Monday, September 24, 2012

Unusual and interesting photos, Part 1

1. What is your reaction to his work?

Well when i first saw his pick i was like wow this is pretty amazing, never seen something this so cool before.

2. How do you think he made these photos?
I really don't know how he made this picture but all i know that he gots some skill and i wish i could do this kinda stuff like him.

3 Think about some buildings you have seen, which ones would be good to take a photo like this? Tell me about those buildings, where are they, could you get easy access to them?
White house, and its a big house that the president lives in and works in, its in Washington,D.C, and yes i could get access to them because i know some people who work there.

Christian Ruhm- Tracing forest ghost, 2011

Thursday, September 20, 2012

National Geographic Warm-up

This is my favorite photo because i love cats no matter what kinda cat they are, I think their all beautiful But this one right here reminds me of a beautiful cat called the bobcat. This cat is called a Lynx Canadensis and Their found in Alaska.

If i was to take a photo of something and it was gonna go to a photo contest i would wanna take a picture of a panther because their very beautiful and aggressive but i would wanna take a picture of it anyways.

Touching people

1. What do you think about this project and photo essay?

I think this project is pretty fun and funny because these random people are just being asked to take a picture while being touched by each other but what i think of the photo essay, well i think its creative of what hes doing, because you don't see this happening everyday of your life.

2. What would you do if someone approached you with a camera and asked you to participate in a photo shoot and then asked you to touch a stranger?

Well it would depend on the person im taking the picture with because i don't wanna be holding another gentlemen's hand, but if its a pretty lady then i would tell them OK that i would like to do it.

3. Think of an unusual photo shoot similar to this one that you think would be fun to go and shoot.

I would think this would be a great idea to do because its getting random people to take a picture together while being touch by one another. I would love to do this kinda thing.

4. Finally, tell me what you thought of the photography, are the photos good? Do you like looking at

them?

Well its very creative and awkward but looks very fun, And yes i think the photo's are good. I would like to look at it if their we're hot chick in the pictures holding each other hands or kissing, Now that would make a good picture, but yes some i like looking at indeed.

40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken

Earthrise: A photo taken by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968.
I pick this photo because ive always thought that Apollo 8 was a fake mission and also cuz this is a very beautiful site to see for the first time, ive never see how it would look from the moon but know i know


U.S. Army troops wade ashore during the D-Day Normandy landings on June 6, 1944, I picked this picture because these we're the people who risked their lives to save our country and i respect them so so much for what they did.

A Russian war veteran kneels beside the tank he spent the war in, now a monument, i picked this picture because its really emotional and this made me really sad to see this man in pain like this.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Great Black and White Photographers PART 2

Paul Strand

October 16, 1890, New york city

Died March 31, 1976 (aged 85), Orgeval,Yvelines

Paul Strand, the son of immigrants from Bohemia (now western Czechoslovakia), was born in New york city on 16th October, 1890.

Strand was given his first camera by his father when he was twelve years old. Two years later he joined the Ethical Culture School where he was taught by Lewis Hine, who at that time was involved in a project photographing immigrants arriving at Ellis Island.Strand join Hines extra-curricular course in photography. Hine also took Strand to the Photo secession Gallery at 291 fifth Avenue and introduced him to the work of Alfred Stieglitz, David Octavius Hill, Julia Margaret Cameron, Gertrude Kasebier and Clarence White.A member of the the Camera Club, Strand worked for an insurance company after graduation in 1911. However, two years later he became a self-employed commercial photographer in 1911. He worked closely with Alfred Stieglitz, who was a strong advocate of what he called Straight Photography. In 1916 Strand's Photographs appeared in Camera work and Stieglitz wrote that "Strand is without doubt the most important photographer developed in this country since Alvin Langdon Coburn." During the first world war Strand was a member of the Army Medical Corps. After the war, Strand collaborated with Charles Scheeler on the documentary film, Mannahatta (1925). Strand continued with his work as a motion picture cameraman when he worked on the film The Wave (1933).
With the onset of the Depression Strand became active in politics. A committed sociallist, he worked with he Group Theatre that had been formed in new york by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and lee Strasberg in 1931. The Group was a pioneering attempt to create a theatre collective, a company of players trained in a unified style and dedicated to presenting contemporary plays. Members of the group tended to hold left-wing political views and wanted to produce plays that dealt with important social issues. In 1932 Strand was asked by the Mexican government to run the department of film and photography at the Museum of Fine Arts. In 1935 Strand visited the Soviet Union with Harold Clurman and Cheryl Crawford where he met the radical film director, Sergi Eisenstein. When Strand returned to the United States he began to produce socially significant documentary films. This included The Plow That Broke The Plains (1936). his film on trade unions in the Deep South, People of the Cumberlands (1936) and Native Land (1942).
In 1936 Strands joined with Berenice Abbot to establish the Photo league in New York. in 1936. Its initial purpose was to provide the radical press with photographs of Trade union activities and political protests. Later the group decided to organize local projects where members concentrated on photographing working class communities. The Museum of Modern Art in New York held a full-scale retrospective of Strand's work in 1945. The Photo League, like many radical organizations, was investigated by the House of Un-American Activities Committie during the late 1940s. This lead to members to being blacklisted and strand decided to leave the united states and live in France.
Strand published a series of books including Time in New England (1950), France in Profile (1952), Un paese (1954), Mexican portfolio (1967), Outer Hebrides (1968) and Ghana: An african Portrait (1976).
Paul Strand died on 31st March, 1976.