I saw some of Bourke-White's shots in the presentation of women in photography and researched it further. I found out so many interesting things about her. The first shot is a self-portrait she took in 1943, and I thought she just looked so happy and proud. The second is Gandhi, and I love how she captured the atmosphere of study and calm with an image. The third is a picture of the Nazi death camps, and she captured the horror right next to soldiers going about their business as if the pile of corpses was no big deal--that concept seemed perfect for what actually happened there. The fourth shot was children during the Depression, and the details were beautifully sad, inspiring pity. I did not use the fifth shot--one of a Russian ballerina in the 1930s--in my Power Point slides, but it was one of the deciding shots for me. I found so many more politically and socially relevant shots to use, but this one was so gorgeous, so well-lit, that I had to show it off a little. The last one is a shot of a bank vault in 1929, just after the big market crash, and I fell in love with the ethereal quality of the lighting.
I saw some of Bourke-White's shots in the presentation of women in photography and researched it further. I found out so many interesting things about her. The first shot is a self-portrait she took in 1943, and I thought she just looked so happy and proud. The second is Gandhi, and I love how she captured the atmosphere of study and calm with an image. The third is a picture of the Nazi death camps, and she captured the horror right next to soldiers going about their business as if the pile of corpses was no big deal--that concept seemed perfect for what actually happened there. The fourth shot was children during the Depression, and the details were beautifully sad, inspiring pity. I did not use the fifth shot--one of a Russian ballerina in the 1930s--in my Power Point slides, but it was one of the deciding shots for me. I found so many more politically and socially relevant shots to use, but this one was so gorgeous, so well-lit, that I had to show it off a little. The last one is a shot of a bank vault in 1929, just after the big market crash, and I fell in love with the ethereal quality of the lighting.
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