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Final Grades are Posted on Blackboard
Final Grades are posted on Blackboard and should appear on CUNYFirst soon. Congratulations on finishing the semester at City Tech, and sharing your thoughts and photographs. Please continue to look and enjoy the summer break!
Hw3 Cristina Chenault
Walker Evans took these photographs in the subway. He used a hidden camera in his coat so the people in the photographs did not know their picture was taken. Walker Evans photographed New Yorkers commuting to work by subway. On … Continue reading
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hw 4 Cristina Chenault
I believe that the photography is not staged and that Robert Capa did took the photograph right in the moment the soldier was dying. What is the controversy about the picture is that we do not know for sure when … Continue reading
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Although Richard argues that Capa’s photograph’s were staged, I honestly highly believe otherwise. Capa was known for his famous photographs including that of the Death of a loyalist solider in which was taken in 1936. I personally feel like Richard … Continue reading
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Richard Whelan argued that the first reason Capa’s photograph was staged because he did not show any prove where the photograph was taken. He also added the man who was in the photograph was also shown in the other photograph … Continue reading
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Staged or Not ?
The war begins 1963 called spanish Republican. According to the reading one of the journalist claimed “that franco’s troops not Republican ones had staged the monevers.” In the picture he received confirmation that landscape seen in the picture and learn … Continue reading
Staged or not?
In 1936, there was an enormous controversy. This controversy was surrounded by Robert Capa’s, Death of a Loyalist Soldier which many labeled the greatest war photograph of all time. The photograph showed a soldier being shot and Capa capturing this … Continue reading
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For me, whether the photo is real or staged it doesn’t really matter. Robert was saying that this photo was not staged. But to think that this photo might be real gives me some concern about how this photo was … Continue reading
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Rachie: Capa, Staged Photos and Authenticity
So was Capa’s photograph of the Falling Soldier staged? Maybe, but I don’t think so. Even his biographer, Whelan, believed that the photograph captured was actually the moment of the soldier’s death. I followed through and agree with his arguments. … Continue reading
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Robert Capa’s photography, death of loyalist solider is known to be his best war photography. In the reading by Whelan, confirms that the photo was taken in the battle at Cerro Muriano. The reading also tells us that capa was … Continue reading
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