The Genius of Photography (PART 4)

1. Why did Gary Winogrand take photographs?
Gary Winogrand was an American photographer who took photographs to see what the world looked liked photographed.

2. Why did citizens evolve from blurs to solid flesh?
Life of the street moved too fast for the long exposure time and technology back then wasn't good enough to capture the movement on the streets. The very first street photographs taken were posed by as time went on a technology changed people evolved from blurs to solid flesh.

3. What was and is the much misunderstood theory?
The misunderstood theory in photography is the 'decisive moment' first coming onto the scene by Henri -Cartier Bresson, many photographers start with this theory but the real message was to capture something unexpected and believe you saw a interesting and special event. When you believe you see it!

4. Who was the Godfather of street photography in the USA
Gary Winogrand was the godfather of the street photography scene, things always were happening when he was around.

5. Who was Paul Martin and what did he do?
Paul Martin was a British photographer, who took a hidden disguised camera to the beach. He photographer the influence the sea had on the Victorian population and it showed them enjoying themselves.

6. Who said 'When I was growing up photographers were either nerds or pornographers'?
Edward Ruscha once said growing up that photographers were either porongraphers or nerds, but showed that there was no real social value to someone who had a camera and took photos that were about things rather than people, not the human drama on the streets but the backdrop and surroundings, surface rather than soul.

7. Why does William Eggleston photograph in colour?
He photographs in colour as colour is more powerful, colour can bring the image together as it can describe more things and twist the whole content's meaning.

8. What is William Eggleston about?
Hes very mysterious and quiet in his ways, his photographs and thoughts stay unexplained, however he calls his photography democratic and at war with the obvious.