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My wife a couple of minutes ago - "Why are you still looking at that ugly bird photograph?"
And I do understand her. It's a legitimate question. I have no answer. But it is, right now, without a doubt the most beautiful picture in the whole wide world. Tomorrow things will change, I hope.
But this very simple and slightly uncanny image has built a nest in my brain and refuses to leave. Bill Brandt, what were you thinking?
And I do understand her. It's a legitimate question. I have no answer. But it is, right now, without a doubt the most beautiful picture in the whole wide world. Tomorrow things will change, I hope.
But this very simple and slightly uncanny image has built a nest in my brain and refuses to leave. Bill Brandt, what were you thinking?
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John Filo's Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of Mary Ann Vecchio kneeling over the dead body of Jeffrey Miller minutes after the unarmed student was fatally shot by an Ohio National Guardsman
To take the picture Filo used a Nikkormat camera with Tri-X film and most of the exposures were 1/500 between 5.6 and f 8 depending on whether the sun was behind a cloud or not.[7]
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These two - again Pulitzer Prize winners - were closer to home as I lived outside Boston in the suburbs during this time.
Unfortunately, the first was as tragic as the Kent State photo - (although positive fire escape legislation was adopted because of the incident).
Stanley Forman has received three Pulitzer Prizes for photography. Below are images of two of them.
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That battle-hardened Nikon F rig is a thing of beauty!
Unfortunately, the first was as tragic as the Kent State photo - (although positive fire escape legislation was adopted because of the incident).
Stanley Forman has received three Pulitzer Prizes for photography. Below are images of two of them.
Fire Escape Collapse
On July 22, 1975 in Boston, a 19-year-old and her 2-year-old goddaughter were trapped in a burning building. A firefighter, Robert O’Neill, shielded them from the flames as an aerial ladder inched closer. Then the fire escape collapsed. Although the woman died from her injuries, the infant survived. Fire Escape Collapse circulated around the world. The photo led to the passage of new fire escape legislation across the country. It provided Stanley Forman with his first of two Pulitzer Prizes for spot news photography.click here to purchase Stanley's images
Soiling of Old Glory
The photograph depicts a white teenager, Joseph Rakes, about to assault black lawyer and civil-rights activist Ted Landsmark with a flagpole bearing the American flag. It was taken in Boston on April 5, 1976, during a protest against court-ordered desegregation busing. It ran on the front page of the Herald American the next day, and also appeared in several newspapers across the country. It won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Spot Photography.click here to purchase Stanley's images
That battle-hardened Nikon F rig is a thing of beauty!
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boojum
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These two - again Pulitzer Prize winners - were closer to home as I lived outside Boston in the suburbs during this time.
Unfortunately, the first was as tragic as the Kent State photo - (although positive fire escape legislation was adopted because of the incident).
Stanley Forman has received three Pulitzer Prizes for photography. Below are images of two of them.
Fire Escape Collapse
On July 22, 1975 in Boston, a 19-year-old and her 2-year-old goddaughter were trapped in a burning building. A firefighter, Robert O’Neill, shielded them from the flames as an aerial ladder inched closer. Then the fire escape collapsed. Although the woman died from her injuries, the infant survived. Fire Escape Collapse circulated around the world. The photo led to the passage of new fire escape legislation across the country. It provided Stanley Forman with his first of two Pulitzer Prizes for spot news photography.
click here to purchase Stanley's images
Soiling of Old Glory
The photograph depicts a white teenager, Joseph Rakes, about to assault black lawyer and civil-rights activist Ted Landsmark with a flagpole bearing the American flag. It was taken in Boston on April 5, 1976, during a protest against court-ordered desegregation busing. It ran on the front page of the Herald American the next day, and also appeared in several newspapers across the country. It won the 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Spot Photography.
click here to purchase Stanley's images
That battle-hardened Nikon F rig is a thing of beauty!
We have a very violent domestic history.
Retro-Grouch
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And no end in sight...
oldhaven
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We have a choice
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Another Boston Legendary photograph:
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Ray Lussier’s photograph of Bobby Orr immediately after he scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of the 1970 Finals
Ray Lussier’s strip of Bobby Orr’s Cup-winning goal.
Deadspin | The Story Behind Hockey's Most Famous Photo
Deadspin | The Story Behind Hockey's Most Famous Photo
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Ray Lussier’s photograph of Bobby Orr immediately after he scored the Stanley Cup-winning goal for the Boston Bruins in Game 4 of the 1970 Finals
Ray Lussier’s strip of Bobby Orr’s Cup-winning goal.
Dogman
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Stanley Forman was a hero to me. I started working as a newspaper shooter in 1975. When newspapers were...well, you know.
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His former paper is now the Boston Herald and the newsstand price for the daily is $4.50! Not sure who is buying it and it is paper-thin (no pun intended).
Years ago, I loved buying the daily paper as it was feature rich. Not anymore unfortunately.
skopar steve
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I had an appointment to view some photos at the university of Arizona center for creative photography in Tucson. Your given two hours to view a photographer of their archives, witch are extensive. I had chosen W Eugene Smiths "Nurse Midwife" and "Pittsburg" portfolios. While waiting to go in the person working there said the gentleman viewing now had also chosen Smiths work, only WWII images. I was welcomed in to view with him as long as I did not disturb his viewing. I stayed a few images away from him. An elderly man in western garb.
He walked over to me and pointed out this image. In the one on display his comrades around him were visable. He said I'm in this image, can you pick me out? I looked at him then all these twenty somethin Gi's all grubby and unshaven and could not make out who he was. He pointed to the man on the stretcher and said that's me. Looking at the wounded soldier I thought he would be blind and have brain damage, yet here he was telling the story and showing the scars.
His son had seen the image in a magazine article and knowing his father fought on Okinawa showed it to him They contacted the magazine and fount the image was at the center for creative photography. They told the center their story and the center offered to make a print for him. So he traveled to Tucson from California and received the print.
That encounter made my trip. I was blessed to have been able to learn his story and have that experiance.
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Maxell’s “Blown-Away Guy”
Blown Away Guy, Maxell Cassette Commercial. - Creative Audio Works
History of "Blown Away Guy", Maxell cassette commercial from the 1980s.
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Rick Waldroup
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Maxell’s “Blown-Away Guy”
Blown Away Guy, Maxell Cassette Commercial. - Creative Audio Works
History of "Blown Away Guy", Maxell cassette commercial from the 1980s.
I have a very large, vintage retail promo poster of this very image, framed and hanging in my living room. I would not take anything for it. Thanks for posting this.
phojsu
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I can't say this image is legendary unless in my own mind.
I did have the privilege and responsibility of covering the space program for my newspaper. STS-121, the only shuttle launched on 07/04/2006, the only Shuttle launch on the 4th of July, an important date in the USA. I was free to choose how I thought best to illustrate the event for my paper. I thought this worked well, it was picked up by the A.P. and appeared in other papers on July 5.
Done with a Canon 1D MK IIn with a Vivitar Series 1 600mm f/8.0 solid cat mirror lens. I chose it as it was much more portable than the alternative, an EF 500mm f/4.5. Autofocus wasn't an issue as the shuttle was way out there from the NASA press center and the distance was more or less fixed. I just had to nail focus to begin with.
Four columns vertical on Page One was pretty nice display. The bosses liked it.
As to the flag waving, I've often said, as have many before me: I'd rather be lucky than good. A little talent doesn't hurt, either.
I did have the privilege and responsibility of covering the space program for my newspaper. STS-121, the only shuttle launched on 07/04/2006, the only Shuttle launch on the 4th of July, an important date in the USA. I was free to choose how I thought best to illustrate the event for my paper. I thought this worked well, it was picked up by the A.P. and appeared in other papers on July 5.
Done with a Canon 1D MK IIn with a Vivitar Series 1 600mm f/8.0 solid cat mirror lens. I chose it as it was much more portable than the alternative, an EF 500mm f/4.5. Autofocus wasn't an issue as the shuttle was way out there from the NASA press center and the distance was more or less fixed. I just had to nail focus to begin with.
Four columns vertical on Page One was pretty nice display. The bosses liked it.
As to the flag waving, I've often said, as have many before me: I'd rather be lucky than good. A little talent doesn't hurt, either.
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Excellent shot!
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The OVERUSED “iconic” word lost all its meaning, in this modern world lead by trends.
But this image is Iconic in the true sense.
It was a huge hit in the 80s (90s?)
But this image is Iconic in the true sense.
It was a huge hit in the 80s (90s?)
Ororaro
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Totally
Maxell’s “Blown-Away Guy”
Blown Away Guy, Maxell Cassette Commercial. - Creative Audio Works
History of "Blown Away Guy", Maxell cassette commercial from the 1980s.
Ororaro
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Crazy story. Crazy image.