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Trying to think of famous women photographers in the 60s besides Arbus.
Cindy Sherman was much later, 80s (ish) I think, and probably best known for her self portraits.
Only other one I can think of is Nan Goldin, but I’d associate her more with the 70s and post-punk subculture.
Arbus is probably the most influential of them.scotty38886 wrote:
rc53, its ok to be wrong :D :D :D :evil:
I’ve remembered why I got confused. Capa took the pic of the dying Spanish soldier, and Rosenthal the one of the flag raising on Iwo Jima.
It has been said that both photos were staged. The original of Capa’s negs were recently found in Mexico, but it still isn’t clear whether this
particular one was staged. They – whovever they might be – say that Iwo Jima was certainly taken some hours after the event it depicts
had happened.Both of these could be thought of as making political statements. Certainly, some of the pix from Vietnam were – think of the naked girl [Kim Phúc] running
from the bombs, and the chief of police shooting a vietcong in the head.Is it the photo-journalists job to report impartially, or to make statements reflecting his/her own views?
Mick451 wrote:
Trying to think of famous women photographers in the 60s besides Arbus.
Linda McCartney?? – or later?
rc53 wrote:
Certainly, some of the pix from Vietnam were -….. and the chief of police shooting a vietcong in the head.
You are right about this one rc53, it did make a very strong political statement, but there is another layer to it.
Interestingly this photo was not a political statement by Adams, and he was unhappy about the political statement that it made.From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Ngoc_Loan [edit]
Eddie Adams later apologized in person to General Loan and his family for the damage it did to his reputation. When General Loan died, Adams praised him as a hero of a just cause.
“The general killed the Viet Cong; I killed the general with my camera. Still photographs are the most powerful weapon in the world. People believe them; but photographs do lie, even without manipulation. They are only half-truths.” Eddie Adams
“The guy was a hero. America should be crying. I just hate to see him go this way, without people knowing anything about him.”
Eddie AdamsPlease excuse the tangent.
This could be a place to start to search for your female photographer, I have been looking through it but it would require a couple of hours
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_photography
you can ignore the ones outside your timeframe and usually be able to click through the wikipedia article to a website of photos.
It would, in any case, give you an overview of female photographers.Martin
Thanks MartinOC. Your link has a colon at the end, so Wikipedia won’t find it. The correct link is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Ngoc_Loanrc53 wrote:
Is it the photo-journalists job to report impartially, or to make statements reflecting his/her own views?
James Nachtwey seems to believe that the view of the photographer is important “I have been a witness, and these pictures are my testimony. The events I have recorded should not be forgotten and must not be repeated.“
rc53 wrote:
They – whovever they might be – say that Iwo Jima was certainly taken some hours after the event it depicts
had happened.Yes, there was some controversy. There are in fact two raising of the flag photos, the second one after the soldiers found a bigger flag. Not sure who took the first photo, but it’s the second one that is the famous one by Rosenthal.
I read a book recently which featured Rosenthal. In it he said the controversy came after he was asked if he had staged the Iwo Jima photo. Rosenthal thought the journalist was asking him about one called “Gung Ho” in which he did ask the soldiers to pose for the shot. Turns out he was being asked about the flag raising photo.
Back to photographers worth looking at, I second (or third,forth,…) James Nachtwey as a contemporary photographer. I am also a big fan of Robert Capa & Henri Cartier-Bresson and the whole stable of Magnum photographers. The book Magnum Degrees is worth checking out.
If you still plan to study Adams, you have to read the books The Camera, The Negative and The Print. They are quite technical but have had a big impact on photography since their publication.
Martin wrote:
What about Irish photographers? One of Irelands great photographers was Fergus Bourke. Not the easiest person to find information on but there is information there if you are willing to dig it out. Was a great documentary on him last year on TV
thanks for pointing out this Martin. really interesting.
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