Module 5 - Creative arts Unit 5.1 - Photography: The lasting impact of photojournalism
4. Answer the questions.
4.1. What is the aim of photojournalism? aperta
Soluzione suggerita:Photojournalism is a way to tell stories or report on people and events around the world through photography.
4. Answer the questions.
4.2. What distinguished the photos taken during WW2 from others? aperta
Soluzione suggerita:They succeeded in capturing emotions.
4. Answer the questions.
4.3. What innovative technical means helped photographers in their activity?
aperta
Soluzione suggerita:A new camera, Leica, which was easier and lighter than the previous ones.
4. Answer the questions.
4.4. Why was 1936 a key date? aperta
Soluzione suggerita:Because Life magazine was founded in that year.
4. Answer the questions.
4.5. What was founded in 1947? aperta
Soluzione suggerita:The Magnum photos Inc.
4. Answer the questions.
4.6. Which country did Capa and Steinbeck visit? aperta
Soluzione suggerita:The Soviet Union.
5. Fill in the gaps with the given words.
happy • sell • stark • adaptation • document • photographers • photojournalists • American • screen • song
The Girl Who Inspired Two Novels, Two Films, and One Song Susana Fortes wrote a novel about the real-life romance between two 1. in love: Robert Capa and Gerda Taro. Waiting for Robert Capa is the story of photojournalists Endre Friedmann and Gerta Pohorylle. The two artists’ passion stands out in 2. relief against the terrifying realities of war in this novel. Both Jewish, exiled and 3. , they decided to change their names in order to 4. their works better and so became Gerda Taro (as a homage to the Japanese Taro Okamoto) and Robert Capa (a mix of Robert Taylor and Frank Capra, so he could seem 5. ). With these new identities, they arrived in Spain to 6. the Civil War. Gerda Taro inspired another 7. , called The Girl with the Leica, dealing with this rebellious girl, her love for Robert Capa, the adventure of photography, and the joy of living in 1930s Paris. On 1 August 1937, a parade full of red flags crosses Paris: it is the funeral procession for Gerda Taro. She would have been twenty-seven years old that very day. Robert Capa, in the front row, is devastated: they had been 8. together, he had taught her how to use the Leica, and then they had both left for the Spanish War. Both novels have been adapted for the 9. . In their debut album (An Awesome Wave, 2012), the British band Alt-J also has a song that tells the dramatic story of Gerda Taro and Robert Capa. The 10. in question is called Taro and closes Alt-J’s first album. Adapted from: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11201303-waiting-for-robert-capa
6.War Photographer – Poem by Carol Ann Duffyposted by Comics and lit. Watch the video and say whether the statements are true or false
1. The video is an illustrated poem.
2. The poem starts talking about the life of a photographer when shooting.
3. When the poem says ‘all flesh is grass’, it refers to dead bodies left on the ground to mix with the earth.
4. The poem helps readers to actually understand what a war photographer’s job entails.
5. When the photographer looks at his photos developing, he remembers about the moment he shot them.
6. All of the photographer’s photos will move the newspaper readers.