Movie Monday-Ordinary Miracles-The Photo Leaque Answers

Ordinary Miracles - The Photo League

1. What was The Photo League's credo?

  The Photo Leaque was a social change can be achieve by going through the  documentary photography alongside with additional emotional connection with one's subject.

2. What organization did The Photo League separate from

 The organization the Photo League separate from the Frontier Films organization which is being seprated into Film and Photo League.

3. What was the workshop?
4. The workshop (feature groups of training photographers apprentices was consisting of joining students that are joined together in depth study of New York ethnic group neighborhood.
5. Who taught "the workshop?"
6. The workshop was taught by Sid Grossman.
7. If you were to devote one year of your life to one project, what project is worth your time and energy?
8. What was The Harlem Document?

The Harlem Document was the series of documents full of  photographsof its culture and their lifestyles of black African people living urban black communities to expose their living conditions in hopes for reforming for better living. 

9. Who started The Harlem Document?

Aaron Siskind started the Harlem Document and it was effective from March 8th, 2014 to July 20th 2014.

10. A photographer discusses a photograph where "the children looked like they came out of a  Caravaggio painting. Who was the painter? 
11. Why did the photograph mentioned in #8 look like it was by the painter? 

         Because it make it was painted by Caravaggio because the boy in the photograph was illuminated by the sunshine and looked more notable. Many of Caravaggio's works are dark but have the main bright subjects in its works of artist.

10. Who was Lewis Hine? (name two significant contributions)

Lewis Hine was an American socialist and a photographer. The two significant contributions was by using his camera as a tool for social reform. His photographs were useful and critical in exposing in the need of  make some changes in the child labor laws in the United States

13. Who was Weegee?

Weegee was a photographer and photojournalist  who was well-known for his street photography in black and white version.

14. How did The League change when The Nazis took power?

When the Nazis rise to power, the Photo League received many talented refugee photographers those had left from Europe from persecution.

14. How did The League change during WWII?

 By the members used their cameras to support the efforts of war that occurred in the US. Many female members of the League took over leadership of the organization at home while many of the Photo League's men photographers were out to overseas with armed military.

14. How did Siskind change after WWII?

Siskind change after WWII by turning away from the social and political world subjects areas and began focusing on things that have the meanings inside what he perceive to be in order to be understood.

17. What was the Saturday Evening post?

The Saturday Evening post  was the American magazine that is still published bimonthly since 1971.

18. Who was Barbara Morgan? What did she photograph?

Barbara Morgan was an American Photographer who is known for her depictions of modern dancers and as well as a co-founder of the Aperture; the photography magazine.

19. What eventually undermined the Photo League?

 An FBI informer Angela Calomiris testified that the Photo league journalists were supporters of Communism and it leaded to being accused of being anti- American to the whole Photo League.

19. What was the "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film?

The growing menace was the suspicion mounting on the League by puzzled nation who questioned their ideas about society.

19. Who agreed to serve as President when The League was under investigation?

Eugene Smith agreed to serve as President when the League was under investigation.

19. What happened to the league?

The league was defunct in 1951.