Genius 4

1. Why did Garry Winogrand take photographs?
He wanted to see what the world looked like photographed instead of through his own eyes, taking another perceptive.

2. Why did “citizens evolve from blurs to solid flesh”?
This quote tells about how technology and photography has advanced, the blur is referring to the longer exposure times we were used to due to the lack of technology. The solid flesh is when cameras started to become more advanced would be able to capture a moving object in a completely still frame.

3. What was/is the “much misunderstood theory”? This is the decisive moment of when the photographer needs to take that shot and what makes him want to do it, the theory was created by Henry-Carter Bresson.

4. Who was the godfather of street photography in the USA? Gary Winogrand.

5. Who was Paul Martin and what did he do?
He was a British photographer who captured a British seaside with a camera hidden in a bag, as people didn't know their photograph was being taken it allowed him to capture these people in a natural documentary style way.

6. Who said “When I was growing up photographers were either nerds or pornographers?
The artist Edward Ruscha

7. Why does William Eggleston photograph in colour?
He photographs in colour because it pulls the photograph together and allows the audience to see the picture as a whole instead of black & white, which is essentially just two colours and brings it to life.

8. What is William Eggleston about?
Eggleston's photographs are about photographing life as it is in colour, which shows the truths and vibrancy of life.