Genius 3

1. What is described as “One of the most familiar concepts in photography”?
The decisive moment, an example of this is Henri-Carter Bresson's image Behind Saint-Lazare station.

2. Should you trust a photograph?
We shouldn't trust a photograph as they can be so easily manipulated in the darkroom and the photo itself could have been set up too, as we were not there to see what could have really happened.

3. What was revolutionary about the Leica in 1925?
It was a smaller, compact and portable camera that made it easier to take images quicker without much fuss.

4. What did George Bernard Shaw say about all the paintings of Christ? He said that he would swap every single paintings of Christ just for one snapshot.

5. Why were Tony Vaccaros’ negatives destroyed by the army censors? They were destroyed as they were images of the army's GI's and the army censors thought that the world was not ready to see these images yet.

6. Who was Henryk Ross and what was his job? Ross worked for the Propaganda as a photographer for the Nazi’s and also worked in the "ghetto" as a photographer to document the life of the polish Jews.

7. Which show was a “sticking plaster for the wounds of the war”, how many people saw it and what “cliché” did it end on?
The family of man and was seen by 9 million people, the show ends on a clichéd image of two children walking into bright light.

8. Why did Joel Meyerowitz photograph ground zero in colour? He decided to photograph it in colour as keeping it in black and white would still keep it as a tragedy.