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The Genius of Photography 3: Right Time, Right Place

Posted on September 16, 2011March 20, 2022 by Dharma Documentaries
This week's episode is about the evolution of photojournalism, from its beginnings with the Frenchman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the great photographers of the 20th century, up and to the coverage of the aftermath of 9/11.

This week’s episode is about the evolution of photojournalism, from its beginnings with the Frenchman, Henri Cartier-Bresson, one of the great photographers of the 20th century, up and to the coverage of the aftermath of 9/11.

Along the way we see some of the most iconic images from WW II, taken by the Life photographer Robert Kapa, and by the soldier photographer Tony Vaccaro.

Henryk Ross recorded what was happening in the Jewish ghettos in the 30s and 40s, and W. Eugene Smith spent three years documenting life in Pittsburgh in the 50s.

Sixteen years after the event Shomei Tomatsu returned to Hirshima and Nagasaki and found forgotten victims hiding away, and there were still objects around that told a fierce story, like a distorted bottle molten by the heat of the blast.

Some of the images that haunt the imagination were still, not moving, and the traces of their meaning remain with us, asking whether we have seen the suffering, or ignored it.

 

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Dead Soldier
Dead Soldier

 

Emperor Maximillian's Shirt
Emperor Maximillian’s Shirt

 

Bombs on the Battlefield
Bombs on the Battlefield

 

Pittsburgh Industry
Pittsburgh Industry

 

Nagasaki Survivor
Nagasaki Survivor

 

Smashed Windows
Smashed Windows

 

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