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The Story Behind the Picture

The Story Behind the Picture. First Oral Report Instructions Prof. Myrna Monllor. Gordon Parks American 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.

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The Story Behind the Picture

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  1. The Story Behind the Picture First Oral Report Instructions Prof. Myrna Monllor

  2. Gordon ParksAmerican Gothic1942 "I picked up a camera because it was my choice of weapons against what I hated most about the universe: racism, intolerance, poverty."

  3. 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

  4. 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.

  5. 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?

  6. Prepare a power point presentation about the photograph you selected • Come prepared to speak for ten minutes • Remember you cannot read

  7. Jack Ruby Shooting Lee Harvey Oswald (1963)

  8. Nicholas ChrissRosa Parks in Montgomery Bus (1956)

  9. Donald L. RobinsonMuhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston (1965)

  10. Patty Hearst Robs Bank (1974)

  11. Will CountsLittle Rock Desegregation(1957)

  12. John FiloMassacre at Kent State 1970

  13. Bombing of Nagasaki 1945

  14. Dorothea LangeMigrant Mother 1936

  15. One Small Step for Man 1968

  16. Jack DelanoChildren in Slum, Utuado PR 1942

  17. Joe RosenthalRaising the Flag on Iwo Jima 1945

  18. Arthur SasseEinstein with his Tongue Out 1951

  19. Margaret Bourke WhiteHave You Seen Their Faces 1937

  20. Murray BeckerThe Hinderburg1937

  21. Freddy AlbortaThe Corpse of Che Guevara 1967

  22. Lennart NilssonHow Life Begins 1965

  23. Margaret Bourke-WhiteGandhi at his Spinning Wheel 1946

  24. Philippe HalsmanDalí Atomicus 1948

  25. Alfred EisenstaedtThe Kiss 1945

  26. I Have a Dream 1963

  27. Nick UtNapalm Girl 1972

  28. Kevin CarterVulture Watching a Starving Child 1993

  29. Abu Ghraib Prison 2004

  30. Eddie AdamsMurder of a Vietcong by Saigon Police Chief
1968

  31. John DanielsFirst Flight of the Wright Flyer 1903

  32. Max AguileraBorn Twice 1999

  33. Elliot ErwittSegregated Water Fountains 1950

  34. Charles PorterOklahoma City Bombing 1995

  35. Oded BaliltyThe Power of One 2007

  36. Thomas E. FranklinLunch Atop a Skyscraper 1932

  37. Frank FournierOmayra Sánchez 1985

  38. JFK Junior Salutes His Father’s Casket 1963

  39. Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics 1936

  40. Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis 1927

  41. Iain MacmillanAbbey Road 1969

  42. Mandela Visits Robben Island1990

  43. Ponce Massacre 1937

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