Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Sarah Asprec- Iconic Images

“THE FALLING MAN”
September 11, 2001; a man falling off the World Trade Center
Richard Drew (New York City based/Associated Press photojournalist):
-one of four press photographers present at the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
-a British documentary about this photo premiered on the Discovery channel (Sept. 10, 2007)
-sensitive image; many outlets refused to publish→ “we have to take pictures of it...I’m recording history.”
    -a quiet picture, no violence/blood, but personal impact for people
-CNN top 25 most iconic images/New York Times Book Review (first page)


“Raising the Flag at Ground Zero”
September 11, 2001; raising flag at World Trade Center
Firefighters George Johnson, Dan McWilliams, & Billy Eisengrein
Thomas E Franklin (award-winning photographer/college professor at Montclair State University)
-was a photographer at The Record (2001); he had just gotten back from an assignment in the Dominican Republic and was in the office in Hackensack, N.J.
-photo featured on US Postal Service’s Heroes fundraising stamp (raised $10million)
-LIFE “100 Photographs That Changed the World”
-”It was the very beginning of the digital age, before social media and it was documented very well.” --> he believes if the same event would be photographed today, it would be more painful; “more doesn't necessarily mean more”



1993; Southern Sudan during famine/child starving on the way to a food camp
Kevin Carter (South African photographer)
-photo brought Carter fame/attention from the world towards the reality of situation
-photograph won the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography→ received criticism after Carter said he drove away vulture, but many questioned why he did not help further
-soon after award, Carter committed suicide; many people believe his career brought forth much pain/depression

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