Moonrise Over Hernandez, New Mexico, Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams Manzanar Project Review: link.Manzanar Project Gallery: link.
We started of where we left off last time on exposures and discussed f-stops/apertures, shutter speeds, film speeds and digital file size, light meters, camera shake, long exposures, tripods, hand holding a camera, and panning.
Our next subject was lenses: fisheye, wide-angle, medium-distance, telephoto, and zooms.
We looked at the work of several photographers this week beginning with an extended look at Ansel Adams. Others that we touched upon were Mary Ellen Mark, Eugene Richards, W.Eugene Smith, Dorthea Lange's Migrant Mother, Alfred Eisenstadt's VJ Day, Joe Rosenthal's Iwo Jima Flag Raising, and Steve McCurry.
We had a discussion about the significance of Steve McCurry's famous "Afghan Girl" photograph (above, left) which is "the most recognized photograph" in the history of the National Geographic magazine.
Here are three good links about McCurry. Here is a link to both a video and audio interview with National Geographic by the photographer about his experience photographing the famous picture. Here is a second link to a story on NPR of the discovery of the famous Afghan Girl pictured and how she was found years after the photograph was made. Finally, here is a third link on Photo District News with an audio slideshow and interview with McCurry about his work.
