My favorite picture was "Iraqi Girl At Checkpoint". The reason why I like the photos is because it shows just how precious time and youth can be to us. However, the one that I like more would have to be Iraqi Girl At Checkpoint, just because it gives us a closer look to the horrors around the world that don't seem to think about the fact that some people actually are innocent.
What I see in this photograph is what seems to be a soldier with a gun, almost studying the bloody little crying girl beside him. She seems to be alone, and most definitely afraid of what had just happened to her.
After reading the summary below and watching the video attached to the site, I saw that this photograph was a series of many that came out during the Iraqi war. It involves a backstory of how the photo came to be, which is actually pretty hard to hear. A family of 8 driving down a road and not stopping as the U.S Soldiers commanded them to stop, and when they didn't, the soldiers opened fire and killed the parents - thinking that they were possible suicide bombers. This was one of the first photos to truly show what was going on in the war of America vs. Iraq.The photographer's name is Chris Honduras, born on March 14th of 1970 in New York City and he died on April 20th of 2011 in Misurata, Libya. His education was for a variety of schools and universities. According to google, he went to Terry Stanford High School in Fayetteville, North Carolina before going to North Carolina State University. After finishing school there, he went to Ohio University.
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2. Milk Droplet Coronet
The reason I chose this photo was because of the perfect timing that was used to get this shot. It would probably take me a hundred shots before I could get this, which shows that they either are a great photographer or they have have an extreme amount of patience.
Theres much to say about this photo, because it's exactly what it looks like. It's a droplet of milk that when hitting the red hard surface below it, splashed to look almost like a crown.
The little summary underneath he photo on the website says that this was an experiment for a timer on a camera that the photographer had made himself. This was considered to be the revolutionary stop-motion photograph that helped to lead to the camera flash. Apparently he had worked for years to try and perfect this, and whenever he did, he couldn't believe it.
His name is Harold Edgerton, born on April 6th of 1903 and he died on January 4th of 1990. Throughout his life he wrote many books and he is known for inventing the stroboscope, also known as the flash in the camera. Edgerton's education began at university of Nebraska-Lincoln and moved own to Massachusettes Institute of Technology.
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3. The Pillow Fight
What I can tell about the boys from their expressions and what is going on, I can conclude that all of the boys from the band are extremely excited, probably from hearing some good news or just having a safe flight, but you can tell that there is no way that these boys could be happier at the moment this photograph was taken.
Given the information tagged to the picture on the website, the photographer really didn't want to be covering the story but whenever he met the boys he didn't want to ever leave their perky, cocky and happy personalities. The moment that occurred in the photo was because they had just found out the their song "I Want To Hold Your Hand" had hit the No. 1 in the music charts.Harry Benson was a famous, and for the most part, a serious photographer who cared very deeply about his career. He was born and December 2nd of 1929 and is still alive today. He has written many books and has had many accomplishments in his life to win him such an award as "The Press Photo Award For People in the News".
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4. Behind Closed Doors
This photograph really stood out to me because it got me thinking about how little we know or do for people in homes experiencing domestic violence. It is a horrible issue that we as not only a nation, but a race, should trying our best to put an end to.
In the picture, the scene that seems to be unfolding is what looks like a fist fight, between what I can only assume is a couple, and the woman getting unexpectedly punched or slapped in the face by the male in the situation.
The photographer of this series of photos called "Domestic Violence" is Donna Ferrato. She is famous for this particular series of photos because of the amount of graphic content being shown and because how insightful and informative to all of us about just how bad some cases of domestic violence can be. She was born on June 5th of 1949 in the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, and she is still alive today.
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5. Mushroom Cloud Over Nagasaki
The reason I chose this photograph is because I love how it looks, but it also reminds us of the bombing we did. Reminds us of what we've done that only ruined the lives of others to benefit ourselves. It shows the selfishness that we held in our hearts that we've tried to cover up and ignore. The situation that was captured in this photo is obviously the after effects of a bombing on Nagasaki, Japan.Lieutenant Charles Levy captured this photo in 1945 during World War II. He was born on October 6th of 1918 and he died later in his life on November 14th, 1997 in Philadelphia. Not much information besides that I had provided could be found on him.
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