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Movie Monday - The Photo League
1. "The camera was more the means of recording reality, but it was a device that could change the world" (Ordinary Miracles) was The Photo League's credo.
2. The Photo League separated from the Film and Photo League.
3.The workshop was in-depth studies of New York's ethnic neighborhoods and recreation areas.
4. Sid Grossman
5. If I were to devote one year of my life to one project, the Harlem Document would be worth my time and energy. It showed that the underprivileged living conditions of others, and gave me opportunities to help them.
6. The Harlem Document was a collaboration between 5 photographers who took pictures of people, culture, and lifestyles of Harlem.
7. Aaron Siskind
8. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
9. The photographer looked like it was by the painter because the sunlight illuminated one of the kids, making it seem like that kid was special.
10. Lewis Hine was an investigator for the National Child Labor Committee to illuminate the horrible conditions of child labor. He was the official photographer of the Empire State Building to capture the photos of the Sky Boys.
11. Weegee was a pseudonym of a photographer, Arthur Fellig. He was a member of the Photo League. He focused on murder and mayhem. He taught Photo Leauge classes about freelance photojournalism and flash photography. He was considered a loner and the quirkiest, least hygienic photographer of the Photo League.
12. The League changed when the Nazis took power because many talented refugees from Europe (ex. Austria and Germany) left Europe to avoid Nazi rule. They began to take part in the Photo League but face more difficulties not faced by American photographers in the Photo League due to being considered "alien".
13. The League changed during WWII to support the war effort by featuring war production and parades for departing service men. Because many male Photo League photographers left for WWII, female Photo League photographers helped keep the Photo League going. Many Photo League photographers who joined the war were able to photograph the war firsthand.
14. Siskind changed after WWII by focusing on the chance encounters, which brought the concept of abstract expression to photography. He changed from focusing on the social realism for Harlem Document to abstract art.
15. The Saturday Evening Post was an American photojournalism publication that featured some of the Photo League photographer's photos.
16. Barbara Morgan was an American photographer was a member of the Photo League. One of her photos was featured in this documentary Ordinary Miracles. Her photography focused on modern dancers.
17. The Photo League was eventually undermined by being included on a government list that included alleged Communist, Fascist, ad anti-democracy organizations. All of the Photo League's photographers were blacklisted.
18. The "Growing Menace" was the Communist ideology that could spread like an epidemic.
19. W. Eugene Smith agreed to serve as the President of the Photo League when it was under investigation.
20. The League ended when Angela Calomiris, a member of the Photo League and an undercover FBI informer, testified that Sid Grossman recruited her into the Communist Party., She testified that the Photo League was an organization of Communist and radical ideology.
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