Week 2 Blog Forum
Topic 1:
Photographer of the Week
1. Walker Evans
2. After he had finished photography, he became a professor at Yale University to teach photography and graphic design. His first exhibition was held in New York in 1932 at the Julian Levy Gallery. 1935~1938 years were Evans most productive points of time in his life.
(References: in order of appearance. http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1599/walker-evans-american-1903-1975/ and http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/photography-biographies/walker-evans )
3. Evans style of photography did exactly what one would hope and that is to capture the emotion on people's faces as they struggled through the Great Depression.
4. The reason he is famous is because of the photography and journalism taken during the time of the Great Depression.
Write-up on Walker Evans:
Walker Evans was largely known for his photos taken during the Great Depression time range. Evans rose to fame during the mid-late 1930s (Accessed 4/13/2017 http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/photography-biographies/walker-evans). He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1922 wanting to be a writer, but when he went to college he dropped dropped out his freshman year. During 1926, Evans got enough of an allowance from his dad to move to Paris with some other wannabe writers. But Evans once said, "I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word." But while in New York, he wrote several short stories and essays. Two years later, he moved to the U.S. and was drawn into photography and he loved it. In the U.S. he worked in bookstores as well as the New York public library (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/evan/hd_evan.htm). After his first exhibit in 1932, his photos helped describe The Crime in Cuba which was a study about Cuba's social conditions. During 1935-1938, Evans and other sociologists and photographers helped in a study finding more in depth, what the families looked like during the Great Depression, which was sponsored by the Farm Security Administration. Evans was an associate editor for 20 years for Fortune. After leaving Fortune in 1965, he taught a class in photography and design for 10 years and died in 1975. In 1938, the Museum of Modern Art published a bunch of Evans' work in Walker Evans: American Photographs.
http://www.atgetphotography.com/Images/Photos/WalkerEvans/evans21.jpg
Topic 2:
Thoughts on Lynsey Addario's book
The prelude of the book was kind of intense. I would not want to have been in her shoes. I haven't a clue how she was able to keep going and taking pictures of everything that was going on over seas. I was impressed with at how much she was involved in the wars over seas. I also had no idea that a photojournalist startup cost was so steep of a price. I knew it'd cost quite a bit, but I was shocked when she says, "I needed about $10,00 in total" (page 38). I've learned so far that some people are so in love with photography that they'll put their life in danger to get the perfect shots, I wouldn't. I've so far thought that I need to keep taking pictures til I get the pictures that are truly good, not just to say "yeah, I came and took pictures," but to say "I went and took some great shots of what all went on." My favorite quote was on page 49, when the transgenders ran up towards Addario and said, "Woohoo, you go, girl!" I have this as my favorite because I avoid spending any time around people that are transgenders. It goes against what humans are made to be, and also what the bible says, and it has always creeped me and my family out. I only liked this quote because it was super easy to think that Addario's friend had to have been creeped out as well having people like this run up to her screaming.
Photographer of the Week
1. Walker Evans
2. After he had finished photography, he became a professor at Yale University to teach photography and graphic design. His first exhibition was held in New York in 1932 at the Julian Levy Gallery. 1935~1938 years were Evans most productive points of time in his life.
(References: in order of appearance. http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1599/walker-evans-american-1903-1975/ and http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/photography-biographies/walker-evans )
3. Evans style of photography did exactly what one would hope and that is to capture the emotion on people's faces as they struggled through the Great Depression.
4. The reason he is famous is because of the photography and journalism taken during the time of the Great Depression.
Write-up on Walker Evans:
Walker Evans was largely known for his photos taken during the Great Depression time range. Evans rose to fame during the mid-late 1930s (Accessed 4/13/2017 http://www.encyclopedia.com/people/literature-and-arts/photography-biographies/walker-evans). He graduated from Phillips Academy in 1922 wanting to be a writer, but when he went to college he dropped dropped out his freshman year. During 1926, Evans got enough of an allowance from his dad to move to Paris with some other wannabe writers. But Evans once said, "I wanted so much to write that I couldn't write a word." But while in New York, he wrote several short stories and essays. Two years later, he moved to the U.S. and was drawn into photography and he loved it. In the U.S. he worked in bookstores as well as the New York public library (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/evan/hd_evan.htm). After his first exhibit in 1932, his photos helped describe The Crime in Cuba which was a study about Cuba's social conditions. During 1935-1938, Evans and other sociologists and photographers helped in a study finding more in depth, what the families looked like during the Great Depression, which was sponsored by the Farm Security Administration. Evans was an associate editor for 20 years for Fortune. After leaving Fortune in 1965, he taught a class in photography and design for 10 years and died in 1975. In 1938, the Museum of Modern Art published a bunch of Evans' work in Walker Evans: American Photographs.
http://www.atgetphotography.com/Images/Photos/WalkerEvans/evans21.jpgTopic 2:
Thoughts on Lynsey Addario's book
The prelude of the book was kind of intense. I would not want to have been in her shoes. I haven't a clue how she was able to keep going and taking pictures of everything that was going on over seas. I was impressed with at how much she was involved in the wars over seas. I also had no idea that a photojournalist startup cost was so steep of a price. I knew it'd cost quite a bit, but I was shocked when she says, "I needed about $10,00 in total" (page 38). I've learned so far that some people are so in love with photography that they'll put their life in danger to get the perfect shots, I wouldn't. I've so far thought that I need to keep taking pictures til I get the pictures that are truly good, not just to say "yeah, I came and took pictures," but to say "I went and took some great shots of what all went on." My favorite quote was on page 49, when the transgenders ran up towards Addario and said, "Woohoo, you go, girl!" I have this as my favorite because I avoid spending any time around people that are transgenders. It goes against what humans are made to be, and also what the bible says, and it has always creeped me and my family out. I only liked this quote because it was super easy to think that Addario's friend had to have been creeped out as well having people like this run up to her screaming.
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