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Lewis Hine (1874-1940)The photographer Lewis Hine concentrated his work on child labour within America within the early 20th Century. Lewis Hine's earlier work focused on the suffering of children working in terrible conditions within America. Once Hine's photographs had been published, it caused a public uproar which resulted in changes within America. Lewis Hine once said "There are two things I wanted to do. I wanted to show the things that had to be corrected. I wanted to show the things that had to be appreciated" (reference: http://www.photoquotes.com/showquotes.aspx?id=151&name=Hine,Lewis), which shows that he intended to show the people of America that child labour is morally wrong. The picture on the left is one of the photographs that Hine took within a mill. This image makes the audience feel sympathy as the girl is looking out of the window while she has to work in the mill. In addition to this particular image, it is visually interesting as the foreground and background are out of focus which suggests that because the girl is staring out the window she has forgotten about the mill. Hine manage to create a sharp mid-ground by changing the depth of field, which shows the audience the environment that the girl is working in as well as make the young girl stand out from all the machinery.
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Larry Burrows (1926- 1971)Larry Burrows worked for the American magazine Life and during the Vietnam war they were under pressure to include coloured photographs of the war, which is why Larry Burrows' Vietnam photographs helped changed people's views about why America was in Vietnam fighting as his coloured photogrpahs showed people what was happening in Vietnam on both sides of the war. Larry Burrows said "I'm no more courageous than anyone else. I just feel that photography is important. And I will do what is required to show what is happening. I have a sense of the ultimate—death. And sometimes I must say, "To hell with that"" (reference: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,902838-1,00.html#ixzz14yPKNuRQ) This quote suggests that Larry Burrows may have originally agreed to take photos of the American side but he wanted to show the public the truth behind the Vietnam War. The image on the right is called "Reaching Out" and it was one of the most famous images of the Vietnam war. The reasons why this image is famous is because, the audience can see that the soldiers are trying to help each other even though one of them is probably about to die. Also, within the image the audience see that a black man is trying to help a white man, this gives the image more depth as it shows two different type of people helping each other. |  |
 | Robert Capa (1913- 1954)Robert Capa has had a very successful career as a war photographer and many of his photographs has caused different reactions within the public. His photograph that has caused the most public reactions is his photograph of a Spanish Republican soldier at the moment of death; the majority of people believed this was a set-up, and to some extent I think some people still do believe it was a set-up. However, Capa managed to be named as one of the greatest war photographers, by his photographs from D-Day, in Normandy. Robert Capa once said "The truth is the best picture, the best propaganda." (reference: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/robert_capa.html). This shows that Capa took photographs to show people the truth behind wars. The photograph on the left shows the audience the intense struggle that soldiers had to face while they were fighting in Normandy. Even though this photo is grainy, it is visually interesting as the soldier is placed in the bottom centre which would be the focus point for the audience. Also, this image would create sympathy from the audience as the soldier is all on his own. |
Margaret Bourke-White (1904- 1971)Margaret Bourke-White had a big commitment to show people social causes within her photographs. She was one fo the first women who became a photojournalist, where she was working in a 'man's world'. However, Bourke-White earned being named as one of the famous photojournalists within the twenith century, as she was one of the original four photographers that the magazine Life as well as Fortune. Bourke-White had taken photographs from all over the world, and she showed people the growing of Russia to the last days of Gandhi. Bourke-White said “War correspondents . . . see a great deal of the world. Our obligation is to pass it on to others.” (reference: http://thinkexist.com/quotes/margaret_bourke-white/). This quote suggests that Margaret Bourke-White was passionate about her work and believed in showing people the truth behind wars and other social causes. The photograph on the right ended up becoming the image of Gandhi, as the spinnign wheel in the foreground represents a symbol of India's struggle for independence. The photograph shows the audience how calm Gandhi looks even with the frustration that was occuring within India around about the time this photo ws taken. However, this photograph was planned but that does not mean that it does not show the audience the way India was struggling. |  |
