So the theme for this week was pictures. While thinking about what to write for this blog post I first searched for the most important pictures in history. There were 2 pictures out of the 13 I saw that caught my attention.
The first picture, I was drawn towards, was because it was of the 'Father' of my nation, India. This picture of Mahatama Gandhi has been taken by Margaret Bourke-White and is titled "Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel".
I believe this picture truly shows the simplicity of Mahatama Gandhi. He was a man with great ideals. He practiced what he preached. By the way, to allow Margaret to take this picture of Gandhi ji with the spinning wheel, which is a very important symbol in India, she first had to learn to use one herself. It is called the 'Charkha' in hindi.
To take this picture, according to what I read, Margaret had to face a lot of hurdles. While the shoot was on, several things did not work in her favor. However, she managed to get this image of him in the end. This image has become Gandhi’s most enduring representation. It was also among the last portraits of his life; he was assassinated less than two years later.
The second picture that I found very interesting was taken at the Times Square in New York.
According to what I read, this picture was taken in August 1945, when the news of Japan’s surrender was announced in the United States, signaling the end of World War II. There were crazy celebrations on the streets, and specially for those individuals in the uniforms, who had to no longer put their life at risk.
This picture was taken by a German immigrant named Alfred Eisenstaedt. While snapping pictures of the celebration, he spotted a sailor "running along the street grabbing any and every girl in sight." He later explained that, "whether she was a grandmother, stout, thin, old, didn’t make any difference."
I think its a little funny how this sailor was so happy that he went around kissing all the girls he saw not he street. This image looked very appealing to me is because of the true sense that has been caught on camera. I know its not like its true love of 2 long lost lovers - but for some reason I feel the joy in the picture. In any case, the image remains an enduring symbol of America’s exuberance at the end of a long struggle.
And I did not put any videos.. since its about photographs right ;)
The first picture, I was drawn towards, was because it was of the 'Father' of my nation, India. This picture of Mahatama Gandhi has been taken by Margaret Bourke-White and is titled "Gandhi at his Spinning Wheel".
I believe this picture truly shows the simplicity of Mahatama Gandhi. He was a man with great ideals. He practiced what he preached. By the way, to allow Margaret to take this picture of Gandhi ji with the spinning wheel, which is a very important symbol in India, she first had to learn to use one herself. It is called the 'Charkha' in hindi.
To take this picture, according to what I read, Margaret had to face a lot of hurdles. While the shoot was on, several things did not work in her favor. However, she managed to get this image of him in the end. This image has become Gandhi’s most enduring representation. It was also among the last portraits of his life; he was assassinated less than two years later.
The second picture that I found very interesting was taken at the Times Square in New York.
According to what I read, this picture was taken in August 1945, when the news of Japan’s surrender was announced in the United States, signaling the end of World War II. There were crazy celebrations on the streets, and specially for those individuals in the uniforms, who had to no longer put their life at risk.
This picture was taken by a German immigrant named Alfred Eisenstaedt. While snapping pictures of the celebration, he spotted a sailor "running along the street grabbing any and every girl in sight." He later explained that, "whether she was a grandmother, stout, thin, old, didn’t make any difference."
I think its a little funny how this sailor was so happy that he went around kissing all the girls he saw not he street. This image looked very appealing to me is because of the true sense that has been caught on camera. I know its not like its true love of 2 long lost lovers - but for some reason I feel the joy in the picture. In any case, the image remains an enduring symbol of America’s exuberance at the end of a long struggle.
And I did not put any videos.. since its about photographs right ;)
