Photo taken in Wigan in the 1930s, was often used over the years to depict the poverty and hopelessness for the working classes at the time.
It was always thought to be a destitute unemployed father and two of his children, was later revealed to be a man staying at a local doss house and two local children.
The photo was much later used as the cover for Orwell’s book The Road To Wigan Pier.
I meant to post this a couple of months ago. This photo is iconic as Princess Diana was the first high profile person captured shaking hands / touching people with HIV and AIDS, publicly challenging the widely held belief at the time that the illness could be passed on through touch. The man in the photo was so concerned about being stigmatised that he only agreed to be in it if he could sit with his back to the camera.
I meant to post this a couple of months ago. This photo is iconic as Princess Diana was the first high profile person captured shaking hands / touching people with HIV and AIDS, publicly challenging the widely held belief at the time that the illness could be passed on through touch. The man in the photo was so concerned about being stigmatised that he only agreed to be in it if he could sit with his back to the camera. View attachment 2681901
I was talking about this on another thread. The impact this had on the fight against the stigma of and misconceptions about AIDS was transcendent. Not her biggest fan but this single act in unparalleled to my knowledge.
David Attenborough is to be the new controller of BBC2 - here he is pictured at a press conference at the BBC in Cavendish Place. 4th March 1965. He was controller from 1965-1971.
This is a young Gary Cooper on the set of The Spoilers in 1930. I can't believe this photo was taken nearly 100 years ago! It looks like it could be yesterday. He was 29 in 1930.
This is a young Gary Cooper on the set of The Spoilers in 1930. I can't believe this photo was taken nearly 100 years ago! It looks like it could be yesterday. He was 29 in 1930.
This is an iconic photograph by Nick Ut. The girl, Phan Thi Kim Phúc, known as the 'napalm girl', once grown up met the photographer. She hadn't had an easy time with knowing everyone had seen her so intimately. That photograph changed their lives and made a large impact on illustrating the horrors and immorality of the Vietnam war and war in general. I've put an edited version in spoiler but the article link shows the full uncropped version of a terrified Kim running naked after being burnt by the bomb, with the other children and soldiers.
For many years, Phan Thi Kim Phùc was known as the Napalm Girl. She was in an iconic photograph that pictured her running naked down a road, screaming after a napalm attack on her village. That photo won a Pulitzer Prize and changed the way the world looked at the Vietnam War. For many years...
I am replying to the myself because there's some drama in the photography world and soon to be wider world about 'the napalm girl' photograph. It's a big issue and raises wider questions about authenticity and truth.
Later this year Netflix will be showing the doc film 'The Stringer' which explores the possibility that Nick Ut didn't take the photograph originally. As I understand the story it goes like this, there was more than one Vietnamese photographer working that day. The other one took the photograph. Nguyễn Thành Nghệ.
'According to the film, Carl Robinson, an AP photo editor in Saigon in 1972, claims he was instructed by AP’s chief of photography, Horst Faas (now deceased), to label the photo as taken by Ut, even though it had been shot by Nghệ.'
This story has been causing a right old ruckus especially amongst supporters/fans of Ut, funds are being raised for a legal case of defamation against the film makers. But, the people raising those funds haven't seen the film yet. Which contains modern forensic investigations into angles, cam type used etc. A report from World Press Photo and statement from Nghệ are available online, I've read 'em all and in my mind they give excellent credence to Robinsons claim.
'The documentary suggests that only now, in his 80s, Nghệ feels free to speak, supported by his family and by journalists who want to re-examine the past. It frames his silence as the product of a mix of fear, marginalisation, and power dynamics between Western agencies and local Vietnamese stringers.'
(Sorry I wrote so much, I don't work for netflix or The Stringer crew but I'm right passionate on this subject, can ya tell!)
No don't be sorry, that's really interesting and I'll definitely look out for the Netflix doc. My father showed me the camera that took the photo when I was a little girl and explained all about Vietnam, napalm etc. If I'm ever in the Science Museum area I always make sure I go visit the camera and have also taken people to see it too. Thanks for sharing
No don't be sorry, that's really interesting and I'll definitely look out for the Netflix doc. My father showed me the camera that took the photo when I was a little girl and explained all about Vietnam, napalm etc. If I'm ever in the Science Museum area I always make sure I go visit the camera and have also taken people to see it too. Thanks for sharing
Update: The doco has made it to Netflix, screening 28 Nov. Shall we have a popcorn night tattlers?
One screening in London next week with Q&A with dir. etc, couple more at photography festivals europe/usa.
There has been a large swell of support for Nick Ut inc a go fund me to sue filmmakers for defamation but fact is, hardly anyone has seen the film/investigation/evidence yet and now the world will have access all at once by end of the month.
No don't be sorry, that's really interesting and I'll definitely look out for the Netflix doc. My father showed me the camera that took the photo when I was a little girl and explained all about Vietnam, napalm etc. If I'm ever in the Science Museum area I always make sure I go visit the camera and have also taken people to see it too. Thanks for sharing
I was reading about Bushman's Hole recently as it was referenced in a book I was reading. A cave diver went down to retrieve his friends body, and ended up dying himself. It was all captured on his helmet camera, the video is out there, but I just loved this photo as it seems to capture what a kind man he was . Dave Shaw.
I was reading about Bushman's Hole recently as it was referenced in a book I was reading. A cave diver went down to retrieve his friends body, and ended up dying himself. It was all captured on his helmet camera, the video is out there, but I just loved this photo as it seems to capture what a kind man he was . Dave Shaw.
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