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. 

Photography Research

1.Book: Time/ Motion
  Photographer: Jonathan Shaw, Eadweard Muybridge, Harold Edgerton

2. Book: Robert Capa/ photographs
    By: Richard Whelan
    Photographer: Robert Capa

3. Book: Aperature Masters of Photography
    By: Agust Sander

4. Book: Masters of Photography- Aperature Photography: Manray

5. Book: Masters of Photography - Aperature
    Photographer: Weegee

6. Book: Masters of Photography- Aperature
    Photographer: Manuel Alverez Bravo

7. Book: Master of Photography- Aperature
    Photographer: Harry Callahan

8. Book: Master of Photography- Aperature
    Photographer- Alfred Stieglitz

9. Book: Master of Photography 101
    Photographer: Edward Weston

10. Book: In real life 6 Women Photographers
      By: Leslie Sills
      Photographers: Imogen Cunningham, Dorthea Lange, Lola, Aluarez Bravo, Carrie Mae Weerns, Elsa         Darfrnan, Cindy Sherman

11. Book: The Americans
      Photographer- Robert Frank

12. Book: Master of Photographer- Aperature
      Photographer- Berenice Abbott

13. Book: Master of Photography- Aperature
      Photographer- Paul Strand

14. Book: Masters of Photographer- Aperature
      Photographer: Engene Alget

15. Book: Master of Photography- Aperature
      Photographer- Tina Modotti

16. Book: Imogen Cunningham- Ideas without End
      Photographer- Imogen Cunningham
      By: Richard Lorenz

17. Book: Alfred Stieglitz- An American Seer
      By: Dorothy Norman
      Photographer- Alfred Stieglitz

18. Book: Ansel Adams 1902-1984
      Photographer- Ansel Adams

19. Book: Other Realities
      Photographer- Jerry Uelsmann

20. Book: Lewis W. Hine

William Eggleston

Biography of  William Eggleston

William Eggleston is an American photographer who still lives today. Eggleston began his career making black and white images, he later took only colors images. Eggleston became known as "the father of color photography" for his best photos of people, events and landscapes in the south. 

I like this picture. The background is colorful 

I really like this photo on the airplane. I like how the cup makes a beautiful shiny shadow. I like how the sky looks like. 

This photo is weird because the kid is staring at the guns. He is observing, but strange. I like how the picture is taking and very clear.