philip_carlo_jorgensen Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 September 1. 2019 -The Washington Post, "One of the most iconic photos of American workers is not what it seems" https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/01/one-most-iconic-photos-american-workers-is-not-what-it-seems/?noredirect=on 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supriyo Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Interesting story. Thank you for sharing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Peri Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hmm... you can have that job... http://bayouline.com/o2.gif Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 One of the most iconic photos of American workers is not what it seems Good lesson: A lot of photos are not what they seem. “We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” —Pablo Picasso When generations look at that photo, they won’t much think of what staging may or may not have gone into it or whether it was a publicity shot or not. They will think of the Truths it does tell, the era it recalls, and the strength of men working together to build something. 2 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanKlein Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Notice the liquor flasks. Can you imagine stumbling around on iron? Flickr gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles_stobbs3 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I can't imagine being up there sober. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Can I get the name of the photo? Can't open the page without disabling ad block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samstevens Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Can I get the name of the photo? Can't open the page without disabling ad block. HERE it is. 1 "You talkin' to me?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Thanks Sam, its the one I would have guessed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Here's a link to one of Henri Silberman's b&w images, it's of yje Flatiron Building, also in New York City. I'll leave it up to you whether you consider the image iconic. Link: https://www.henrisilberman.com/IN-BLACK-&-WHITE/NYC/24 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Puts me in the mood to do some B&W today! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Puts me in the mood to do some B&W today! Sanford, you may as well start preparing for next week's Monochrome Monday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanford Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I got those ready to go now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supriyo Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Hmm... you can have that job... http://bayouline.com/o2.gif You can have that job if you are comfortable walking on steel beams AND build New York City :D. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip_carlo_jorgensen Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 Can I get the name of the photo? Can't open the page without disabling ad block. The famous photo is called: “Lunch atop a Skyscraper" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip_carlo_jorgensen Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 (edited) Good lesson: A lot of photos are not what they seem. “We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.” —Pablo Picasso When generations look at that photo, they won’t much think of what staging may or may not have gone into it or whether it was a publicity shot or not. They will think of the Truths it does tell, the era it recalls, and the strength of men working together to build something. Kind of opens up a whole new discussion about what is (tolerable) manipulation or not? In reality, the photographer just asking the model to smile, is a kind of manipulation, right? Edited September 4, 2019 by philip_carlo_jorgensen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philip_carlo_jorgensen Posted September 4, 2019 Author Share Posted September 4, 2019 I can't imagine being up there sober. Oh, maybe that is why there is something called "dizzying heights"? My English is indeed developing rapidly.... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanKlein Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Here's a link to one of Henri Silberman's b&w images, it's of yje Flatiron Building, also in New York City. I'll leave it up to you whether you consider the image iconic. Link: https://www.henrisilberman.com/IN-BLACK-&-WHITE/NYC/24 I think my Flatiron Bldg shot is iconic too. ;) Flatiron Building NYC by Alan Klein, on Flickr Flickr gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaellinder Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 I think my Flatiron Bldg shot is iconic too. ;) Flatiron Building NYC by Alan Klein, on Flickr Right you are, Alan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanKlein Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Thanks Michael. But I think this other shot of the Flatiron by Silberman is better than mine and even his first that you posted. https://www.henrisilberman.com/IN-BLACK-&-WHITE/NYC/15 Flickr gallery: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alanklein2000/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Actually, many "iconic" photographs are not what they seem. Some Brady photographers not only moved the occasional musket, but sometimes the whole dead body. There's dispute about some of Fenton's images from the Crimea. FSA photographers lugged cow skulls around and others touched out an awkwardly placed hand. There is no decade in the history of photography without one kind or another of manipulation Even I, myself, have been known to erase the stray cigarette butt or the sometimes ex-spouse:eek: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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