Category: Newseum

In the newseum I saw some awesome pictures. But there were two pictures that caught my attention.The first picture was about a guy who lost his 2 legs from the Boston bombing . The year was 2014 and the photographer is Josh Haner. My impression was that I felt like crying because it was really sad.  The second picture is a woman who was hugging a head stone. The title of the picture was Memorial day and the year was 1989 and the photographer is Anthony Suau.My impression of the picture made me really hurt because I can relate to that because I lost an uncle during easter sunday .                             

If I were a photographer It would be really hard to get good angles.because I just learned how to take pictures this year.If I could choose a reward it will be to get a million dollars or just do it for the fame. My favorite exhibit was the NBC interactive newsroom.  I like that because they had a virtual reality about the Berlin wall And I had to take it down.but overall I enjoyed going to the Newseum.    

The first image I viewed from the Newseum’s Pulitzer Prize photo gallery is called “Kosovo Refugees”. In 2000, photographer Carol Guzy spent time at a refugee camp in Albania during the Kosovo crisis. The award-winning photo depicts a young boy being passed through a barbed wire fence at the border. I was drawn to this photo because the extraordinary use of visual elements allowed me to connect to the child struggling between the fence. In my opinion, “Kosovo Refugees” is among the most strikingly emotional photographs mounted in the Newseum. No doubt, Guzy’s photograph is effective in evoking emotion. As I gazed into the child’s eyes filled with fear, my heart broke. The frantic environment captured by the photographer delivers the underlying message of conflict and desperation. I felt sympathetic towards the two-year-old child who seems so panicked… it’s hard to imagine that thousands of ethnic Albanians were forced to flee their homes in Kosovo.

 

The second image I viewed from the Newseum’s Pulitzer Prize photo gallery is called “Chiapas Racers”. In 2003, photographer Don Bartletti documented the desperate migration of Central American children searching for parents who had immigrated to the United States. Amazingly, he decided to ride atop of a train with the children who were in search of their parents. The award-winning photo portrays a young boy and girl who are on a horse racing alongside the train in the jungle. I was drawn to this photo because these children were smiling and laughing, unlike the other children Bartletti had photographed. Although they were risking their lives in search of their parents, they were still thoroughly enjoying themselves. The expressions on the children’s faces made it seem as if they didn’t have the slightest idea that they were on a treacherous journey. Therefore, I find it significant that it captures the emotional differences between the issues occurring and the individuals in the photograph. Not only is the image unique and special in its own nature, but it also conveys a powerful message about living life to the fullest. I felt joyful after viewing this photo. Most photos that have won the Pulitzer Prize tend to directly demonstrate the emotional reactions to sad events or issues, whereas “Chiapas Racers” does the opposite.

 

Truthfully, I don’t think I would be able to separate my job from being human. Some of the struggles of being a photojournalist include witnessing these heartbreaking events with their own eyes. Despite the fact that they are capturing a historical moment that others will be able to learn from, it must be extremely difficult for them to decide between taking a photo or saving someone’s life. Sometimes, photojournalists can’t help given the circumstances. It is painful to imagine how much guilt weighs on them and how they have no choice but to live with that regret forever after.

 

My favorite exhibit was the 9/11 Gallery & Film because it has remarkable first-person accounts from journalists who covered the story. My favorite artifact in it was the 360-foot antenna mast that toppled from the World Trade Center’s North Tower when the building collapsed. The antenna served most of New York City’s television stations. This exhibit fits in with the rest of the Newseum because records of the tragic yet historical event allow people to get a deeper understanding of the past.

This photo is very sad because it is so unbelievable that humans can wish to torture other humans so much that they have to flee from their home. This photo was very special to me because my parents were influenced by this war and had to flee their home and family as well. I was drawn to this photo because of the vibrant colors and the child as the focus.

This photo shows how horrible things can happen when you are thinking that the situation cannot get any worse. There was a fire in the building and this family fled to the fire escape which unexpectedly broke while they were still on it. I was drawn to this photo because of the positions of the people in it. It is unbelievable how the photographer took a photo of them while they were in midair.

 My favorite exhibit was the Pulitzer Prize Photographs because it was so enlightening. I witnessed so many things that I did not now about. There were also some things I had heard about, but never in this much detail. These photos made me realize that there are so many hardships in the world and that I am lucky to have such an easy life compared to others around the world. I wish to visit this exhibit in the future when there are new photographs.

I think it would be very difficult to be a photojournalist. There are so many dilemmas, like do I save the person in danger or do I take a photograph so that other people can learn about this moment as well? I feel that many of the people that were in the photos did not want to have their photo taken and think of the photographer as a bad guy cause he/she is not helping them. I feel that being a photojournalist could take a toll on your health and happiness. A good part of being a photojournalist could be taking positive photos that make you feel happy as well as make the person you are taking the photo of proud.

In photography we went to the Newseum. We roamed around and looked at different pictures and exhibits. I think the best exhibit was the ” Pulitzer Prize” exhibit. One of the pictures was called “Struggling Girl”. 

This photo shows a starving girl, crawling to a United Nation food camp. The vulture is sitting there waiting/watching the child as she’s dying, so that as soon as she dies it could eat her.  The photographer, Kevin Carter, committed suicide 3 months after taking this picture because he was so sad and tired of seeing these horrible sights. I was very, very sad when I saw this picture because it made me think of all the starving people in the world. I don’t know why this picture pulled me in, it just has the affect on people, that makes them want to help.

The next picture that I liked is called “Reunion.” It shows a refugee, Agim Shala, 2, being passed through the barbed wire fence into the hands of grandparents at the camp run by United Arab Emirates in Kukes, Albania. This picture made me happy and sad because I was happy that the child was saved but I’m sad for all the people that wouldn’t be able to fit through the fence. It drew me in because the baby’s coat is a bright blue and my eyes just went to the picture as I was walking by. 

I probably wouldn’t be able to take the picture because I’d have a crazy urge to help. Maybe if it wasn’t too severe, like the “Reunion” picture but if it was someone dying, I would help. The only reward you would get from taking a picture is money, if you helped someone the reward is saving someones life. Which in my opinion, saving someone’s life is a better reward than money. It’s hard to be a photographer because you have to chose between helping someone and taking the picture. 

These pictures show DC. We went to the balcony and looked over DC.  I liked it because I like heights and I like down and seeing everything smaller. My favorite part are the little statues on buildings and on the sidewalks. This fits the museum because it’s literally where the museum is and these pictures show everything around the museum and the view from the balcony. 

Plane entering south tower

This is the photo of the second plane hitting the world trade center. Fire explosions erupted. The photos was taken the second it went into the tower. This photo drew me because 911 was a very terrible day and I to see photos of that day. If  I was a photographer I would be speechless and sad. I couldn’t do anything to help them all I could do is watch the terror happen. Some rewards are getting the perfect photo and maybe even winning.

 

This is a picture of a Filipino family grieving after the death of their dad. His daughter was crying. The president killed him because he thought he was a criminal but he was innocent. If I was that photographer I would be very sad. It is very depressing and I would remember it forever. I don’t think there are any rewards other than getting attention and maybe money.

This is the JFK exhibit. I really liked this because he was a very cool president and person. My favorite pieces were all of his photos. It fit in very well because they were in the media a lot.

This photo is a picture of the World Trade Center Attack. This photo was added ion 2002 and was taken by Stave Ludlum.  This photo is a very emotional photo because it’s the day that thousands of people died. This picture shows when the first trade center was hit. This photo makes me sad and angry at the same time because thousands of people died and were taken away from their family’s. I’m angry because people purposely did this and took these people away from their family’s. What drew me to this photo was the fact that someone stood there long enough to actually get that photo.

This photo is titled Boston bombing Survivor. It was awarded and added to the Pulitzer prize gallery in 2014 and was taken by Josh Haner. This photo holds a lot of emotion because thousands of people were killed and if they were not killed but injured they were traumatized for life and had to live with the scars this event caused. This photo drew my attention because someone captured the pain, frustration, and tiredness that they are going through to recover from this event. 

Honestly I don’t think I would be able to do this and separate myself from whats happening to take this photo.  There are many struggles of begin a photojournalist because you have to separate yourself from the event to capture the moment and I don’t think I would be able to do.

The second Exhibit I did was The 9/11 gallery and film. This attack was fetal to hundreds of millions op people and the survivors were servile traumatized.  The comments were flooding is as soon as the attack happened because of how scurvier it was. The building after the attack was crumbled and unrecognizable and servile damaged the surrounding area too.  My favorite part of the exhibit was the  wall with all of the quotes ts on it. This exhibit fit into the museum because the museum showed both fetal and happy events and aloud people to understand the past better. 

This photo made me feel sad and depressed because I see a little girl crying looking at her dead innocent dad.  It is also sad because I know that the dad died from criminal and it wasn’t his fault.  What drove me to look at this photo was the fact that it is very colorful and that there are many different things going on.  

This photo also made me feel heart broken because I know that I am looking at an event that killed tons of people.  What drove me to this photo was the fact that it is the exact moment right when the first tower started to fall.

 

If I were taking these photos I would separate being human verse my job because in the first photo I would have sympathy and not be able to take the photo when I am in so much shock.  If I were taking the 9/11 photo there is no chance that I would be thinking about my job because I would be running for my life and I would be so sad thinking about how many people just died.  I can identify the struggles of a photojournalist because it is a very emotional job.

 

My favorite exhibit was the 9/11 exhibit.  What made me like it was that they showed first hand accounts of people that were there and they showed film of the event happening.  My favorite artifact was that they had a piece of the building in the middle of the exhibit.  This fit into the Newseum because all news channels had this event on TV the whole day because it was a catastrophic event.

This is a photo of a Boston bombing survivor lying in his hospital bed. He lost his legs in the bombing. This picture was taken by Josh Haner in 2017 and it’s a Pulitzer prize photo. I was drawn to this picture because it stood out to me because he was missing his legs. This picture makes me realize how lucky I am and it makes me fell sad that he lost his legs for no good reason.

This photo is called Hurricane Katrina and it was taken in 2005 by Smiley N. Pool. This is a picture of people on a street trying to get people to notice them, so they can get help. They needed people to help them because the water from the hurricane was rising and if they didn’t get help soon, they may die. I was drawn to this photo because I saw the words, “help” and “the water is rising.” After seeing these words I wanted to know what it was about and it made me feel very sad that no one was helping them and no one is bringing them to safety. 

If I were taking these photos, I don’t think I would be able to separate my job from being human. I think this because if I saw someone in need I would want to help them otherwise I would regret it later, even if it meant losing my job. I think some struggles of being a photojournalist would be that you have to just stand by and take pictures instead of going to help the person in need. The only benefit might be that you have a good picture.

 

This is a picture from the 9/11 exhibit. This exhibit fit in with the rest of the Newsuem because it is something that happened in the past and it was a tragedy. The picture below is a picture of just a fraction of all the newspaper on the wall. The newspapers were all about 9/11 but from different cities perspectives. This was one of my favorite things in the exhibit but, my other favorite was a photographers possessions that died while taking pictures of the attack. I liked it because it taught me more about 9/11 so, now I know more about what happened.

 

At the Newseum there were many interesting things but on thing there was, was the Pulitzer prize photos. One of them was,

The Philippine drug war by Daniel Berehalak, This photo is about the president of the Philippines promised to kill 100,000 criminals that were related to the drug war but, most were innocent. This picture shows an  innocent father that was killed being surrounded by a crying family and his very sad daughter. This photo made me feel very sad that there are corrupt country’s like this that have real problems and innocent people are being slaughtered.

The next photo i choose is called Historic campaign by Damon winter. This photo shows Barack Obama in his first campaign for president on a rainy day looking out into the crowd of people waiting for him to address them. This picture made me feel lots of pride because it was the beginning of something historic and a great 8 year run as president of the untied states of america .

 

One exhibit i really liked was the FBI exhibit. In the FBI exhibit they had lots of cool artifacts. They had the SUV from the times square bomber in 2010. Also, they had the Unabombers cabin from Montana. They had the shoe from the shoe bomber. They also had the explaining of how media can effect FBI searches. They also had a copy of the Magazine that was falsely accusing people of the Boston Bombing. I thought it was cool but kind of creepy to know that they still have all of the artifacts intact from the events. 

In photography class we got assigned a field trip to the Newseum in Washington DC. In the museum our teacher assigned us to find three pictures and write about them I chose the ones that really stood out to me. Next, after the photography section of the museum I went to the FBI section and that was one of my favorites because they had actual clothing that belonged to one of the very first FBI agent they also had the very first FBI car. Lastly, in the  newseum they had a 9/11 exhibit which was amazing because they had a piece of the actual thing that was used during the time to hang the American flag on.