Social Protest / Affirmation. Fighting for the Oppressed Part 2. Photojournalism

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1 Social Protest / Affirmation Fighting for the Oppressed Part 2 Photojournalism Photojournalists has been instrumental in documenting oppressive situations around the world to make aware of the fight for social change. Jacob Riis Dorothea Lange Margaret Bourke-White Charles Moore Lewis Hine David Parker Alfredo Jaar

2 Bandits Roost 59 ½ Mulberry Street New York City 1888 Jacob Riis photographed the living conditions of lower class people in New York City in the 1880s and 1890s. He donated all his photographs to The Museum of the City of New York. Five cents a Spot New York City 1890

3 Burying the Dead Hart s Island, Bronx, New York 1890 Jacob Riis A class in condemned Essex School New York City 1902

White Angel Breadline, San Francisco 1933

4 Dorothea Lange was hired by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) to document the living conditions during the Depression-era of the 1930s. White Angel Breadline, San Francisco 1933 Living Conditions, Lindsey, California 1939 Heading West, Tulare Lake, California 1939

5 Dorothea Lange photojournalist Lettuce Cutters, Salinas, California 1935 Hoe Culture, Alabama 1937

6 Dorothea Lange was hired again in the early 1940s by the War Relocation Authority to record the forced evacuation of Japanese-American to internment camps. Executive Order 9066 San Francisco, California 1942 Few Weeks before Executive Order 9066, San Francisco, California 1942

7 Dorothea Lange Manzanar Relocation Center Manzanar, California 1942 Executive Order 9066, Centerville, California 1942 Wearing ID Tags, Hayward, California 1942

8 During the 1930s, Bourke-White photographed drought victims of the Dust Bowl. Margaret Bourke-White At the Time of the Louisville Flood 1937

9 Margaret Bourke-White was the first female war correspondent and the first woman allowed in combat zones during WWII. She traveled to the Soviet Union, North Africa, Italy and the concentration camp at Buchenwald. Margaret Bourke-White The Living Dead of Buchenwald, 1945

10 Henri Cartier-Bresson is known for his candid photography. Shanghai 1948 Punjab, India 1947

11 Lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith Marion, Indiana 1930 Various photographers documented the gruesome and inhumane treatment of African-Americans by American whites. Lynching in Omaha, Nebraska 1919

12 Segregated Bus 1930 Joseph Postigilione The Aftermath of a Mob Attack on a Freedom Ride Bus, Anniston, AL 1960s

13 Birmingham, Alabama 1963 Charles Moore documented the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War. His images helped to spur the passage of the Civil Rights Act of Water Cannon 1963

Just Happened In Newberry, SC. The overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in.

14 Lewis Hine recorded children working in factories and in other types of laborious work. His images helped to pass the Child Labor Laws of the 1930s Boys working in a Milk Factory Just Happened In Newberry, SC. The overseer said apologetically, "She just happened in." She was working steadily. The mills seem full of youngsters who "just happened in" or "are helping sister."

15 A group of newsies selling on the Capitol steps. Tony, age 8, Dan, 9, Joseph, 10, and John, age 11 Lewis Hine photojournalist Breaker Boys Smallest is Angelo Ross Pittston, Pennsylvania. Children picking cotton

Injured fireworks worker Guatemala 1999 Leather

front of a brothel Thailand 1993 David Parker

Labor, which documented the exploitation of

16 Injured fireworks worker Guatemala 1999 Leather tannery worker Bangladesh 1993 Sex workers in front of a brothel Thailand 1993 David Parker wrote Before Their Time: The World of Child Labor, which documented the exploitation of children in the late 20 th Century, which still occurs.

17 Forming bricks Peru 1998 David Parker Looking for conch shells in a mangrove swamp Nicaragua 2004 Hauling bricks for firing Nepal 1995 Each brick weighs 4-9 lbs Hauling bricks per day

18 Alfredo Jaar Gold in the Morning series 1985

19 Alfredo Jaar Gold in the Morning 1985

Alfredo Jaar The Rwanda Project 1994-2000 The Silence of Nduwayezu

this piece and then decided to use Nduwayezu s eye for the complete

20 Alfredo Jaar The Rwanda Project The Silence of Nduwayezu Alfredo Jaar had taken many photographs of children s eyes to use for this piece and then decided to use Nduwayezu s eye for the complete piece, due to the sadness in his eyes witnessing his parents getting killed.

21 Alfredo Jaar The Geometry of Conscience Memorial 2010 Museum of Memory and Human Rights Lights dim every 90 seconds in memory of the victims of Pinochet s 17 year dictatorship.

"Making Sense of Documentary Photography"

"Making Sense of Documentary Photography" By James Curtis (from the Making Sense of Evidence series on History Matters: The U.S. Survey on the Web, located at http://historymatters.gmu.edu) Alexander Gardner,