women photographers

Anne W. Brigman, “The Source”, 1906, gelatin silver film interpositive, 11.9 x 8.4 cm., The Oakland Museum Collection also printed in Camera Work, Vol. 25, 1909

I find this one interesting because it look like it would be a statue or make a great statue. But for the life of me, it feels like this may already be a statue or there is one similar and perhaps that Anne Brigman is recreating that in a photograph. It has a soft and graceful feel to it. It also seems as though it should be a painting too. It is just too intriguing for words.

Family of Man

"CHILDBIRTH" BY WAYNE MILLER IN 1946

This photo makes me think of life, how families are made, becoming a father or mother, and growing up. "The Family of Man" is a great title for a show with this photograph in it; that title has so many different meanings that it just fits perfectly.

photography in the atomic age

"Child in Forest" (1951)



Wynn Bullock


These two photographs by Wynn Bullock are interesting because the present nature in an interesting way. I'm not even a huge nature fan either. The one in our book, "Child in Forest," I like because the see of clovers or something that is just covering the ground ever so beautifully makes it look like the girl is in a sea that just so happens to be of green plants.

Knowing the World through reproductive media

Photo-journalism as art

Joe Rosenthal
"Raising the American flag at Iwo Jima" (1911)




V.J. Day, 1945
Alfred Eisenstaedt

These are two infamous pictures that any American should not forget. It seems that some of the great photo-journalist photographs that end up famous are one of some kind of military member for force acting as a honorable citizen. Photos like these help Americans remember what it mean to be American and to show their American pride. As art these photos have great composition and great tonal range. They are using the rule of thirds, which is always a great rule to use to produce a great and interesting photo of almost anything, no matter the subject or subject matter. These two pictures will always be famous and will always have it place in history, not just photographic history.

Nabbing Time

"Kids Dancing"
Helen Levitt, 1940

This one is so cute! The kids are dancing in the street just having a great time and not even worrying about anything else, which is the way it should be for kids their age. You can tell that Helen Levitt was just anticipating a moment like this one from these two adorable children. She certainly captured them in the moment and acting like two imaginative kids. I like how they are dancing and acting like no one is watching and not even caring about it, which is a great that they allowed Levitt to "nab" this because it is like they forgot she was even there.

Social Documents

"The Sky-boy"
Lewis W. Hine

This one scared me just because he has no protection for he were to have fallen. It is not like he is only a couple of inches from the ground, no he is thousands of feet in the air. He is only on a rope type line and that is it. I fear for his life when I look at this picture, but because of that it drew me in and became interesting to me. It make me wonder How did Lewis W. Hine capture this photo?