the story behind the picture

The Story Behind the Picture

First Oral ReportInstructions

Prof. Myrna Monllor

Gordon ParksGordon ParksAmerican Gothic 1942

"I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty."

Instructions

• Look at the following set of photographs

• Choose the one that attracts you the most

• Each picture includes information about the year it was taken and the photographer who took it

• Find out everything you can about the picture

– When was it taken? Where was it taken?

– Why was it taken? Why is this picture famous?

– What was happening in the picture? What was the situation (political, historical)?

– Was the picture controversial? Explain.

– Who took the picture? Is the photographer famous? What awards did the photograph receive?

– What other famous pictures did the photographer take?

– What did the photographer want to express through his/her photograph?

• Prepare a power point presentation about the photograph you selected

• Come prepared to speak for ten minutes

• Remember you cannot read

Jack Ruby Shooting Lee Harvey Oswald (1963)

Nicholas ChrissRosa Parks in Montgomery Bus

(1956)

Donald L. RobinsonMuhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston

(1965)

Patty Hearst Robs Bank (1974)

Will CountsLittle Rock

Desegregation(1957)

John FiloMassacre at Kent State

1970

Bombing of Nagasaki 1945

Dorothea LangeMigrant Mother 1936

One Small Step for Man 1968

Jack DelanoChildren in Slum, Utuado PR

1942

Joe RosenthalRaising the Flag on Iwo Jima 1945

Arthur Sasse Einstein with his Tongue Out

1951

Margaret Bourke WhiteHave You Seen Their Faces

1937

Murray BeckerThe Hinderburg 1937

Freddy Alborta The Corpse of Che Guevara

1967

Lennart NilssonHow Life Begins 1965

Margaret Bourke-White Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel

1946

Philippe HalsmanDalí Atomicus 1948

Alfred EisenstaedtThe Kiss 1945

I Have a Dream 1963

Nick UtNapalm Girl 1972

Kevin CarterVulture Watching a Starving Child 1993

Abu Ghraib Prison 2004

Eddie AdamsMurder of a Vietcong by Saigon Police

Chief1968

John DanielsFirst Flight of the Wright Flyer 1903

Max AguileraBorn Twice 1999

Elliot ErwittSegregated Water Fountains

1950

Charles PorterOklahoma City Bombing

1995

Oded BaliltyThe Power of One 2007

Thomas E. FranklinLunch Atop a Skyscraper 1932

Frank FournierOmayra Sánchez 1985

JFK Junior Salutes His Father’s Casket 1963

Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics 1936

Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis 1927

Iain MacmillanAbbey Road 1969

Mandela Visits Robben Island1990

Ponce Massacre 1937