Genius 6

1. How many photographs are taken in a year? 80 billion photographs were expected to be taken in the year the documentary was filmed.

2. What is Gregory Crewdsons modus operandi? He sets up his photographs by using a big production team almost as if he is on a film set.

3. Which prints command the highest price & what are they called? Prints made by the photographer themselves & nearest to the time the image was taken.

4. What is a Fake photograph? Give an example and explain how & why it is fake.
A Fake photograph is when a negative has been printed and copied over and over again, or could be an image that claims to be an original but has in fact been printed by someone else such as assistant.

5. Who is Li Zhensheng and what is he famous for? He is a Chinese photojournalist who took some of the most well-known photographs of the Chinese culture revolution.

6. What is the photographers “holy of holies”? Magnum

7. How does Ben Lewis see Jeff Walls photography? He took photography back to another art form of painting, and documenting modern life in such a way that depicts current issues such as race, stereotype and gender.

8. Which famous photograph was taken by “Frank Mustard”? The river scene, France supposedly created by Camille Silvy but was in fact taken by Frank Mustard.