| Get the Picture Contributor(s): Morris, John G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226539148 ISBN-13: 9780226539140 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $32.67 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2002 Annotation: How do photojournalists get the pictures that bring us the action from the world's most dangerous places? Find out in "Get the Picture", a personal history of fifty years of photojournalism by one of the top journalists of the twentieth century. John G. Morris brought us many of the images that defined our era, from photos of the London air raids and the D-Day landing during World War II to the assassination of Robert Kennedy. He tells us the inside stories behind dozens of famous pictures like these, which are reproduced in this book, and provides intimate and revealing portraits of the men and women who shot them, including Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and W. Eugene Smith. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Photography | Photojournalism |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2002018011 |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.08" W x 9.3" (1.07 lbs) 351 pages |
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| Publisher Description: How do photojournalists get the pictures that bring us the action from the world's most dangerous places? How do picture editors decide which photos to scrap and which to feature on the front page? Find out in Get the Picture, a personal history of fifty years of photojournalism by one of the top journalists of the twentieth century. John G. Morris brought us many of the images that defined our era, from photos of the London air raids and the D-Day landing during World War II to the assassination of Robert Kennedy. He tells us the inside stories behind dozens of famous pictures like these, which are reproduced in this book, and provides intimate and revealing portraits of the men and women who shot them, including Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and W. Eugene Smith. A firm believer in the power of images to educate and persuade, Morris nevertheless warns of the tremendous threats posed to photojournalists today by increasingly chaotic wars and the growing commercialism in publishing, the siren song of money that leads editors to seek pictures that sell copies rather than those that can change the way we see the world. |
Contributor Bio(s): Morris, John G.: - John G. Morris (1916-2017) shaped photojournalism from World War II through the Vietnam War, After graduating from the University of Chicago, he served as a Hollywood correspondent for Life, picture editor for Life's London bureau during World War II, picture editor at Ladies' Home Journal, the first executive editor of the Magnum Photos press agency, picture editor for both the Washington Post and the New York Times, and a correspondent and editor for National Geographic. Among his honors was the Legion d'Honneur, presented in Paris in 2009, and an Infinity Award for lifetime achievement given by the International Center of Photography in New York in 2010. |
