"V-J Day in Times Square"
I picked this image because of how iconic it is. The sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square was taken by Alfred Eisenstaedt, who made it his "mission" to capture a storytelling moment. It's said that he didn't go far, for World War II ended and everyone celebrated in Times Square. As Eisenstaedt searched for his moment a sailor before him grabbed hold of a nurse, dipped her back and kissed her. Eisenstaedt's photo is still highly admired and forever lasting.
Also included in the article were photos of the LIFE magazine, covering the celebration of the end of the war from across the country. It shows how nationally important the end was and how the entire country celebrated.
Alfred Eisenstaedt attended Humboldt University of Berlin, was born December 6, 1989, in Tczew, Poland and died August 23, 1995.
"Invasion of Prague"
This image really caught my eye because to me it seems like the watch is telling us something. It seems as though the man with the watch is counting down the hours, minutes, seconds until this invasion takes place. Makes you wonder how much long will it be when this invasion takes place.
As tanks rolled into Czechoslovakia and quickly seized control of Prague, Josef Koudelka was in the present at the capital when soldiers arrived, and at the time had been a young Moravian-born engineer who took photos of Czech life. Koudelka's pictures had to be smuggled out of the country and later appeared in the London Sunday Times, under a pseudonym for Koudelka feared he would be punished for his photography.
Josef Koudelka attended Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He was born January 10, 1938, in Boskovice, Czech Republic; Koudelka lived to the age of 78.
An extra image shared on the article was of multiple images Koudelka took turning the Russian Ivnasion of Czechoslovakia. I learned that it takes more than one shot to take the right image that you want.
"Windblown Jackie"
I choose this picture for the simplicity of it and how even though the wind is blowing it gives the hair an extra effect. It's so seems so casual especially compared to the fact that this is Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. She was a public figure with a guarded private life, which is a reason for she was often targeted by photographers wherever she went. None of these photographer were as devoted to getting imaged of the former First Lady as Ron Galella. Galella was an original freewheeling celebrity photographer, who happened to have created the follow-and-ambush style used by today's paparazzi. His fixation on Onassis lead him to trail her in a taxi and when the driver honk his horn which caught her attention, therefore capturing this picture.
There's a video included in the article that talks much about how Galella captured "Windblown Jackie" and multiple others of her that followed. It also said that Ron Galella basically evented a new genre of photography, the whole paparazzi business was something be began. For me, I got taught that you gotta test limits, such as Galella did after being dragged to court by Jackie, and take risks to create something new.
Ron Galella went to Art Center College of Design for an education. He was born January 10, 1931, in the Bronx, New York City, NY; he lived to be the age of 85.
"Country Doctor"
This image caught my eye because of the contrast the ground and the sky have. Also, image seems strange because in the background, it looks like it's about to rain or a storm is approaching yet this man is determined to get somewhere. It makes you question where to.
The image was taken by W. Eugene Smith, who always immersed himself in his subjects' lives to see things from their perspectives. Smith spent a total of 23 days with Dr. Ernest Ceriani, following him through a community of 2,000 in Kremmling Colo., beneath the Rocky Mountains. Smith watched Dr. Ceriani do his job which included tending to an infant to treating a man with a heart attack. By submersing his self into his assignment Smith was able to create such an intimate glimpse into the life of a remarkable man.
W. Eugene Smith went to the University of Notre Dame. Smith was born December 30, 1918, in Wichita, KS, and died October 15, 1978, in Tucson, AZ.
The extra images included were of the most influential photo essay in history, which the "Country Doctor" image was included in, the entire essay being about our country doctor, who really has done a lot.
"Gandhi and the Spinning Wheel"
I picked this image because not only did the rule of balance catch my but with how peaceful Gandhi is, sitting there. Now we all now Gandhi to be very peaceful, but I had never truly seem him as the way he is now. In this image it seems rather domestic as Gandhi was just reading a paper or book and it's rather calming.
While Mohandas Gandhi was being held prisoner by the British, Gandhi made his own thread with a portable spinning wheel. When Bourke-White went to Gandhi for an article, spinning had become a part of his identity that his secretary told Bourke-White that she had to learn to spin before photographing the leader. This photo of Gandhi with his spinning wheel was never featured on the article but two years later came out as a tribute, published after Gandhi's assassination.
Margaret Bourke-White got an education at the University of Michigan, Columbia University, and Cornell University. She was born June 14, 1904, in The Bronx, New York City, NY; died August 27, 1971, in Stamford, CT.
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