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Case Study House No.22, Los Angeles, Julius Shulman, 1960
“Shulman photographed most of the houses in the project, helping demystify modernism by highlighting its graceful simplicity and humanizing its angular edges. But none of his other pictures was more influential than the one he took of Case Study House No. 22. To show the essence of this air-breaking cantilevered building, Shulman set two glamorous women in cocktail dresses inside the house, where they appear to be floating above a mythic, twinkling city. The photo, which he called “one of my masterpieces,” is the most successful real estate image ever taken. It perfected the art of aspirational staging, turning a house into the embodiment of the Good Life, of star dusted Hollywood, of California as the Promised Land. And, thanks to Shulman, that dream now includes a glass box in the sky.”
The reason why I chose this photo is because of the environment it has. I really enjoy the view from at an angle of the city below. Plus, I like how both women are enjoying themselves talking and enjoying their time. To me, midnight always haves the best discussions to talk about.
Malike Sidibe from TIME
On May 31, a demonstrator in New York spray-paints a poster of Derek Chauvin’s knee on George Floyd’s neck. “Out of nowhere, this guy pulled out a purple spray can and just started writing on it,” the photographer recalled. “These ladies were walking by and paused to look at it. They were looking at it, like, ‘Is this to attack us or to stop us from being silent?’”
I chose this photo because I feel the exact same way as the guy vandalizing the image, the amount of hatred I have towards the police officer who killed George Floyd. I was also caught by surprise from the large image that was displayed of George Floyd being kneed from his neck out in public.
V-J Day In Times Square, Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945
At its best, photography captures fleeting snippets that crystallize the hope, anguish, wonder and joy of life. Alfred Eisenstaedt, one of the first four photographers hired by LIFE magazine, made it his mission “to find and catch the storytelling moment.” He didn’t have to go far for it when World War II ended on August 14, 1945. Taking in the mood on the streets of New York City, Eisenstaedt soon found himself in the joyous tumult of Times Square. As he searched for subjects, a sailor in front of him grabbed hold of a nurse, tilted her back and kissed her. Eisenstaedt’s photograph of that passionate swoop distilled the relief and promise of that momentous day in a single moment of unbridled joy (although some argue today that it should be seen as a case of sexual assault). His beautiful image has become the most famous and frequently reproduced picture of the 20th century, and it forms the basis of our collective memory of that transformative moment in world history. “People tell me that when I’m in heaven,” Eisenstaedt said, “they will remember this picture.”
I have mix feelings about this photograph, 1. I don’t like how the sailor grabbed ahold of the nurse forcefully without her consent. Just from looking at his left arm in the photo, it was unnecessary. And 2. The nurse and the sailor could’ve been a couple, but I doubt about it. It makes no sense how anyone can justify sexual assault to conclude this photo is so “influential”. Why I chose this photo is because, in the 1940’s was a pretty bad era for most people, mostly women back in the day just like other years in the past not just the 1940’s. Like in the present, history still repeats itself no matter what we do to resolve it, still remains the same.