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08/21/2006 08:09:04 AM · #1 |
//articles.news.aol.com/news/_a/famed-world-war-ii-photographer-dies/20060821052309990003?ncid=NWS00010000000001
I had no idea that the actual Iwo Jima memorial came from a photograph. |
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08/21/2006 08:13:14 AM · #2 |
article linked
nice writeup. time is marching on... |
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08/21/2006 08:15:21 AM · #3 |
U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment of the Fifth Division raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. Joe Rosenthal, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his immortal image of six Second World War servicemen raising an American flag over battle-scarred Iwo Jima, died Sunday. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal)
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08/21/2006 09:50:07 AM · #4 |
This shot is discussed often in Photojournalism circles. Great photo that it is, but it was the second flag raising, not the first. The first flag raising was under enemy fire, and while still a hostile area, the second flag raising (for the sake of a bigger flag) went off without a shot.
//www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/iwoflag.htm
Accusations of staging the photograph followed Rosenthal for the rest of his career.
Just an interesting side note to one of photojournalism̢۪s most famous images.
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08/21/2006 09:56:59 AM · #5 |
Sorry about the duplicate thread. I actually searched first and DID not find this. I searched for "Died" too, so I guess the search engine isn't working well.
Any case, here's the NY Times story:
Story in NY Times
and a live interview.
Live Interview about the photo
And here's my tribute. This is a photo I took when the guys came to remove my tree. Their positioning/efforts reminded me of this photo (and the statue that was made based on it), so I titled it Urban Heroes. I dedicate it to Joe.
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08/21/2006 11:05:31 AM · #6 |
A very timely moment to promote "Flags of Our Fathers" by James Bradley. The author's father was one of the men who were assisting with the flag. It is currently being made into a major motion picture by Clint Eastwood. And by the way scarbrd, it was staged. The idea was spontaneous, but the "second" shot as it were made it staged in effect. Doesn't take anything away from it to me though, just stating the facts...
There was an original photograph of the first raising, an uncropped version, a "gung ho" a gather around the flag picture with tons of guys...so it was not all that dangerous or warlike at that particular moment.
Here are the camera settings:
1/400th Shutter
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"Rosenthal didn't even have a chance to glimpse the image in his viewfinder." Rosenthal said, "It was something like shooting a football play; you don't brag until is has been developed".
It was only one shot out a 4 second action of the 2nd raise. There was also a video camera rolling. The guys in the image, those who survived, were taken home to America and paraded around as heroes as champions of the Pacific cause...
Well that is my contribution...
Message edited by author 2006-08-21 11:08:30.
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08/21/2006 02:30:23 PM · #7 |
here's my interpretation of that famous photo I did for the 'Children's Toys' challenge...
Message edited by author 2006-08-21 14:34:45. |
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08/21/2006 04:15:25 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Cutter:
And by the way scarbrd, it was staged. The idea was spontaneous, but the "second" shot as it were made it staged in effect. Doesn't take anything away from it to me though, just stating the facts...
There was an original photograph of the first raising, an uncropped version, a "gung ho" a gather around the flag picture with tons of guys...so it was not all that dangerous or warlike at that particular moment.
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The discussion in phtotjournalism classes is whether or not the photographer would have been fired today under the same circumstances.
This shot is seen as the defining moment of the battle when in fact it was the second take.
Again, I take nothing away from the photographer or the significance of the photo or the moment.
Anytime your photograph gets made into a national monument, you must be doing something right!
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08/21/2006 05:17:49 PM · #9 |
Reading that obit, it seems clear that Rosenthal himself wasn't the one who reposed the photograph - he just happened to be there when the army guys were putting up a bigger flag.
p.s. I'm not sure why the name of the island is romanised as iwo, as there's no "wo" as such in Japanese. It should be just io, with "i" as in pig and a long "o". It means "Sulphur Island" |
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