Steve McCurry

‘A great photograph really needs to say something about a person or give some insight into their life or how their life is different than yours and mine. A good picture makes us curious and makes us want to know more.’

Steve McCurry is an amazing and very famous photographer. He was born in Philadelphia(1950), and he graduated at the College of arts and architecture. He is known for taking photos of war and the dead.

‘He captures the essence of human struggle and joy.’

The main themes in his photos are poverty and loss.
He would wait until everyone went back to their normal routine until he could take the photo. That makes it much more powerfull.

‘People will forget your camera and the soul will drift up into view.’

This picture shows a man that was in war lying in the lake hoplessly. I believe that McCurry was trying to emphasize the thought of war and death. I also think that he was trying to let people know that war shouldn’t be something that people don’t care about. For example if there was a war someplace, people won’t care about it because they are not in the war. This picture kind of makes people understand what it going on around them. That is why this picture is very powerful. The use of color highlights the mood becase there really isn’t any yellows or reds or oranges. There aren’t many bright colors in this picture.

I have learned that McCurry takes photos of things that inspire him are very meaningful. Like I said earlier, people will start to realize that there is war in the world. That is how his photography brings change. A great photo includes meaning weather it is in contrast, color, position, or even point of view. The color really makes the photo endure because the color kind of gives you the story. So I read the story by the different colors. His work reflects on a journey because he is going to different places where there is poverty and war so that shows that he is taking a long journey around the world to help people understand.

Holocaust- 10 questions

1: Click on 'For Students' under Education. Then click on 'Introduction to the holocaust'. In the first photograph, do you think the babysitter was Jewish?
2: What does the word 'Holocaust' mean and what language does it come from?
3: In the third paragraph, how many Jews did the Germans kill?
4: How many soviet prisoners of war were murdered or died of starvation, disease, neglect, or maltreatment?
5: Define: - ideological
- incarcerated
- ghettos
- exploit
6: What is the place called where they were murdered in specially developed gassing facilities?
7: Click on 'Death Marches' and explain where they are going to, how they get there (car, plane, ect.), and ect.
8: Go back to 'Introduction to Holocaust'. What is a 'Displaced Persons Camp'?
9: Scroll all the way down and click on Children during the Holocaust. Look at the first picture and read the caption. How do you feel about this?
10: Overall, what do you think about the Holocaust? Explain how you think that you could feel if you were one of the Jews.

Band: Power of the void

I would call this story 'The Lottery' because all of the tension is being caused by the lottery that happens towards the end of the story. I thought that they would stone someone. Some hints in the story are when it says 'the kids picked up a few stones'. I don't think that they would just be playing with the stones. I felt really angry and anoyed because when I read, I cant put the book down so I was really worried when the story taken away from me. I was worried about what would happen. I felt really excited when the paper was handed to me because I knew that it was the rest of the story so I really wanted to open it and check. But I read the rest of it at 8:00 pm that night. I like surprises so that is why I waited untill after 5:00 to read it. I felt really scared and I was also very quiet and still while figuring out who it was just like the people in the village. I felt kind of empty and sad because that it where the story ends. It seems like the auther would say more about after the death of her. The auther left these voids in the story so that the reader would continue reading it. The power of the void in this story is bery powerful. We weren't given a title, there was no ending for us to read (at the time), the clues and foreshadowing throughout the story made the void even more powerful, and the ending which was the end of the void.