Near and Far Assignment

Hand Held

Hand Held the movie was really interesting and emotionally. I never heard the movie before and Michael Carroll, until now when I saw the movie. Many kids were living in bad condition and it was hard to see them like that. When I saw the movie the kids are innocent and it ins't there fault that they are in the orphanages.  I really like the movie. At the end of the movie I really had this feeling to go and help and take them all me with. It makes me wonder how they are doing today and right now. I am happy that Michael Carroll went to Romanian and help the children because without him, I think they would have all died.

Michael Carroll

Michael Carroll Biography 

Michael Carroll was the founder and the president of Romanian Children's Relief. In January 1990, Carroll was one of the first photographers to travel to Romanian after the fall of the communist regime . Carroll help many children who had problems and were living in bad condition. His stories were written and photographed for The Boston Globe and The New York times. Thousand and thousand of orphaned and abandoned babies  and children were in a house under horrific condition and minimum care. Many parents would have kids and could not afford to take care and would drop them off the orphanage. Carroll saw how this children were suffering and wanted to help them by giving them  better clothes, food, blanket, love and care.  During the visit Carroll discovered that AIDS were spread among these children. This was a news that no one expected. Carroll was one of the first to help this babies and children to bring this story to public attention and was publish by The Boston Globe on March 25, 1990, and then to The New York Times. This trip was the turning point in Michael Carroll's life. Some years after the emotionally trip Michael professional work with Don Hahn, and  Don Hahn decided to to create a documentary on his experiences. The film was called Hand Held. And in the movie Michael  was explaining many kids in the orphanage and the bad condition they were living in. Many people caught their attention to this movie and help donate to Michael and the children.  Comparing the orphanages from then and now much hasn't changed. There are more people paying attention to this kids and aware for adoption. There is less diseases, but  still struggling with money. The most important is that Michael made a huge difference to those kids then back a few years ago.
Here are some of the photos.

Biography of Walker Evans

Biography of Walker Evans 

Walker Evans was born on November 3,1975 on Missouri, St. Louis.  Evans is an american photographer. After 1938 and though the fifties he took many photos in the subways, in the streets, and from moving train. During this period he was writing for the Time magazine and  photograph for Fortune. Evan was an amazing photographer. 

I like the brightness of this picture and the clearness 

I like the light of this picture

I don't really like this picture but it is good anyways, I like the little kid. 

Laszio Moholy-Nagy

Biography of Laszio Moholy-Nagy

Laszio Moholy-Nagy came to the United States in 1937. Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter and photographer, and also a professor in the Bauhaus school. His first ambition was to become a writer, and while he was still at school some of his poetry was published in newspaper. When he graduated in 1913, his uncle encourage him to study law in Budapest, but World War I interrupted his studies and did not finish. Around 1918, at the age 23 he began his career as an artist. His early paintings and drawing were figurative towards Expressionism. Then he began to study composition and the effects of colors on composition, which lead to photography.

I like this painting because the flower looks really beautiful, and it pops out because of the black background. 

I like this picture because of the details and the shadows of the guys especially I like guy who is wearing the black and white dress shirt. 

I like this it looks really cool, and like the shapes the girl in the air and one in the back, but a smaller vision of her in the air. I like how her posture is in the air.