Ordinary Miracles - The Photo League

1) What was The Photo League's credo? 
The Photo League wanted to make newsreels of labor rallies and protests that they thought were not being covered properly or satisfactorily.

2) What organization did The Photo League separate from? The Photo League separated from an organization called the Worker's International Relief. 

3) What was the workshop? 

The workshop was a documentary photography workshop for advanced techniques.

4) Who taught "the workshop?" 

The workshop was taught by Sid Grossman.

5) If you were to devote one year of your life to one project, what project is worth your time and energy?

Something that I like and don't hate because then that year would be dumb.

6) What was The Harlem Document?

The Harlem Document was a portrait of black urban America and the people, culture, and lifestyle of Harlem in the 1930s.

7) Who started The Harlem Document?

Aaron Siskind started the Harlem Document.

8) A photographer discusses a photograph where "the children looked like they came out of a __________ painting. Who was the painter? 

Caravaggio

9) Why did the photograph mentioned in #8 look like it was by the painter? 

It looked like Caravaggio because of the way the sun came down and the way the background was dark but the sunlight illuminated one subject.

10) Who was Lewis Hine? (name two significant contributions)

Lewis Hine was a photographer and sociologist who, in 1908, photographed for the National Child Labor Committee. These photographs helped change child labor laws in the US. After his death, his photos were donated to the Photo League by his son. 

11) Who was Weegee?

Weegee was a pseudonym for Arther Fellig, a photographer known for his black and white street photographs.

12) How did The League change when The Nazis took power?

When the Nazis came into power, some talented photographers fled Nazi Germany.

13) How did The League change during WWII?

During WWII, the league started to fall apart, due to being accused of being communist and anti-American by the FBI. However, until they disbanded, they used photography to show the realism of the war.

14) How did Siskind change after WWII?

After WWII, Aaron Siskind continued to pursue photography by eventually joining Harry Callahan to tea

15) What was the Saturday Evening post?

It was an American magazine that started in 1987.

16) Who was Barbara Morgan? What did she photograph?

Barbara Morgan was a photographer best known for her photos of modern dancers and co-founding the magazine Aperture.

17) What eventually undermined the Photo League?

The Photo League eventually disbanded after WWII because the FBI accused them of being anti-American Communists.

18) What was the "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film?The "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film was fascism and Communism.

19) Who agreed to serve as President when The League was under investigation?

Eugene Smith agreed to serve as president while the League was under investigation.

20) What happened to the league?

The League eventually disbanded in 1951.