1. What was The Photo League's credo?
The credo of the Photo League was the belief of expressive power in documentary photography and a progressive alliance in the 1930s of socialist ideas and art.
2. What organization did The Photo League separate from?
The Photo League separated from the Film and Photo League.
3. What was the workshop?
The workshops were focused on learning to take good pictures and focus in photography.
4. Who taught "the workshop?"
Sid Grossman
5. If you were to devote one year of your life to one project, what project is worth your time and energy?
I would devote one year of my life towards programming an application to educate people how to code!
6. What was The Harlem Document?
The Harlem Document was a set of photographs that portrayed Black America in cities and the cultural setting and types of people of Harlem during the 1930s.
7. Who started The Harlem Document?
The Harlem Document was started by Aaron Siskind.
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?
The lighting of the photos looked similar to the paintings.
10. Who was Lewis Hine? (name two significant contributions)
Lewis Wickes Hine was an American sociologist and photographer. His photographs were essential in creating the child labor laws in the United States. Hine also made "work portraits" that demonstrated the people's impact on industrialization and industry.
11. Who was Weegee?
Weegee was Arthur Fellig, a photographer and photojournalist, who created black and white street photography.
12. How did The League change when The Nazis took power?
The League changed when the Nazis took power because the influx of refugees came to the United States from Eastern Europe and created a diversity and wealth of pictures to accentuate the league's standing. However, as individuals, they suffered as they fought for rights in a prejudiced America.
13. How did The League change during WWII?
The League changed because men went to war so more women got in the league and started leading the organization.
14. How did Siskind change after WWII?
Siskind changed from someone who focused on social issues and social documentation in his photography to someone who focused on abstraction.
15. What was the Saturday Evening post?
The Saturday Evening Post is a bimonthly American magazine. It was published weekly under this title from 1897 until 1963.
16. Who was Barbara Morgan? What did she photograph?
Barbara Morgan was an American photographer best known for her depictions of modern dancers. She mainly photographed dancers and their styles.
17. What eventually undermined the Photo League?
The idea that the League was a front organization for the Communist Party undermined the Photo League.
18. What was the "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film?
The “growing menace” was facsim.
19. Who agreed to serve as President when The League was under investigation?
Harry S. Truman
20. What happened to the league?
The League disbanded in 1951.
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