Walker Evans’ Life and 1930s Photography
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This is an 8 page paper discussing Walker Evans’ life and photography with the Farm Security Administration (FSA) from 1935 to 1938. Walker Evans (1903-1975) was an American photographer who is probably best known for the introduction of documentary style photography which depicted the people and places of the United States through his extensive collection of still photographs. His style was one in which he faced his subject matter straight on and used a small aperture with a large 8 by 10 negative to enable him to produce sharp detail in his work. One of his better known collections was derived from his contract with the Farm Security Administration (FSA) from 1935 to 1938 when he took photographs of the buildings and people in the southern States during the Depression. His photographs of the poor tenant farmers were commissioned by the FSA to illustrate their need for government relief. Rather than create sympathetic scenes however, Evans remained formal in his approach to his subject matter and simply let the facts which existed provide ample evidence of the dire conditions of the farmers. Other photographs taken during his contract with the FSA were considered collages of local merchant life which again provided documentary-like detail in their context. Paper includes detail about three photographs taken during the contract with the FSA. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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What is Documentary Photography?
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This 8 page paper explores definitions of the form and compares and contrasts it with other types of photography. Several well-known photographers are noted and the introduction focuses on Alfred Steiglitz's contributions to the field. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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What is Philosophy? Answers from Plato, Pieper, and Thoreau
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This 5 page report discusses what philosophy meant to three of the great thinkers of the Western world. Each offered his idea of what it means to “be” and how a human being can best explore the idea of “being” and what the meaning of that individual’s life truly is. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“Mulligan’s Guard March”
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A 4 page paper which examines a still photo from a production of “Mulligan’s Guard March,” one of the earliest known comedies. The production, and the picture, featured Edward (Ned) Harrigan and Tony Hart. Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
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“The Viet Cong Execution”: A Reaction
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A 3 page paper which presents a discussion of the reaction upon viewing the infamous Pulitzer prize winning photograph from 1968 called “The Viet Cong Execution” by Eddie Adams. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
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