Semester 1, Week 10: Photo Manipulation
Assignment Directions: Read through the Photo Analysis: Part A, B, and C assignments on your weekly handout. Then look at the pictures below and follow the directions on your handout to answer the questions.
Photo Analysis Part A
PHOTO #A1:
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| Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. The edited picture is on the LEFT, and the original picture is on the RIGHT. Stalin was the leader of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union from 1922-1952. Stalin ran a very oppressive government that did not allow freedom of speech or any disagreement with his policies. As a result, between 10 and 20 million people were killed in the Soviet Union under Stalin's regime. |
PHOTO #A2:
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| The man on the horse is Benito Mussolini, a Facist dictator who ruled Italy from 1922-1943. Like Stalin, Mussolini outlawed freedom of speech and did not tolerate any disagreement with his government. |
PHOTO #A3:
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| This picture is of a tourist on top of the World Trade Center. The top picture was taken in 1997, but the bottom picture was photoshopped to look like it was taken on September 11th, 2001, right before a plane hit the building. |
PHOTO #A4:
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| This image of an Iranian missile test appeared on the front page of many newspapers. The image is from Sepah News, a news site run by Iran's government. After the publication of this photo, it was revealed that the second missile from the right was digitally added to the image in order to conceal a missile on the ground that did not fire. |
Photo Analysis Part B
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| PHOTO #B1 |
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| PHOTO #B2 |
Photo Analysis Part C
Directions:
§ Choose one of the three Breaking News Photography Pulitzer Prize winners and one of the five Feature Photography Pulitzer Prize winners from the links below.
§ Look at each picture. Make sure to read the captions so you understand what is happening.
§ Pay attention to the subjects of each picture, the emotion in each picture, and the overall story.
Breaking News Photography (Click on a year, look at the pictures and read the captions, and answer the questions on your handout)
2000: Awarded to the Denver Rocky Mountain News Photo Staff for its powerful collection of emotional images taken after the student shootings at Columbine High School.
2006: Awarded to Staff of The Dallas Morning News for its vivid photographs depicting the chaos and pain after Hurricane Katrina engulfed New Orleans.
2011: Awarded to Carol Guzy, Nikki Kahn and Ricky Carioti of The Washington Post for their up-close portrait of grief and desperation after a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti.
Feature Photography (Click on a year, look at the pictures, and answer the questions on your handout)
2003: Don Bartletti, Los Angeles Times, for his memorable portrayal of how undocumented Central American youths, often facing deadly danger, travel north to the United States.
2005: Deanne Fitzmaurice, San Francisco Chronicle, for her sensitive photo essay on an Oakland hospital's effort to mend an Iraqi boy nearly killed by an explosion.
2007: Renée C. Byer of the Sacramento Bee, for her intimate portrayal of a single mother and her young son as he loses his battle with cancer.
2010: Craig F. Walker of the Denver Post, for his intimate portrait of a teenager who joins the Army at the height of insurgent violence in Iraq, poignantly searching for meaning and manhood.
2011: Barbara Davidson of Los Angeles Times, For her intimate story of innocent victims trapped in the city’s crossfire of deadly gang violence.