Archive for the ‘Photo Essay’ Category
Eat Pray Love – travel is like spa for the soul
Therein lies the premise and the problem with Eat, Pray, Love, at least in its frustrating (and comma-free) screen incarnation: The world exists as a kind of sprawling, full-service spa treatment for the soul, neatly compartmentalized to nourish the senses, the spirit and the heart. Nice therapy if you can swing it.
Charitable Leonardo DiCaprio
I didn’t think how handsome Leonardo DiCaprio was after I saw him in ‘Titanic’ many years ago. But as time goes by, I find him more and more charming. Since ‘Titanic’, Leonardo DiCaprio has not been a young guy any more, but a brave and mature man. From then on, I fall in love with him, espeically when seeing the charitable side of him.
Eat Pray Love – a journey of one person
More and more girls think they will be single for a long time or never come aross their love, and more and more women suffer the pain of divorce. They really need to learn how to live the life alone. So when they come to watch Julia Roberts’s new film, they will find something familiar and inspiration for kind of more positive life.
The Statue of the sailor kissing nurse appeared in Time Square
On August 15th, 1945, after the announce of Japan’s unconditional surrender, New Yorkers came to the street for the celebration of the victory over Japan. And at that time, a sailor kiss the nurse beside him in Time Square. Thanks to Alfred Eisenstaedt, it is him who captured such a immortal classic shot that became the immortal memory for the world war after been published in Life magazine.
Scenery along the Road
Many of us would like to record something along the road when on travel. They are not only beautiful natural landscapes, but also various moments that hit his emotion, show another kind of life that is different from our usual, or are worthy of memory, and so on. I call those all “Scenery along the Road”.
Tasteful Food History and Pictures
When Larry Nighswander, photography director at Saveur, talked about the history of food photography, he put it plainly: “Food seems to be a central part of family life and social events. … And I think it’s only natural that photographers gravitated to documenting that activity.”
The Shower Woman Lost in Thought
The photo is taken by Manjari Sharma from Mumbai, India. This is my favourite one of the shower series Manjari Sharma was driven to take to document the sensory overload she ever experienced. What is “sensory overload” said by her? I take it as something that is deep inside you and is expected to be liberated. One photo is a subject and a story. To the photographer, it is that people in the photo is sharing inimate details of their life with her.
The Great Depression of the 1930s(9)
Selling apples, Jacksonville, Texas. October, 1939. Photographer: Russell Lee. Many tried apple-selling to avoid the shame of panhandling. In New York City, there were over 5,000 apple sellers on the street.
The Great Depression of the 1930s(8)
Power farming displaces tenants. Texas panhandle, 1938. Photographer: Dorothea Lange. Squatters in Mexican section in San Antonio, Texas. House was built of scrap material in vacant lot in Mexican section of San Antonio, Texas. March 1939. Photographer: Russell Lee.
The Great Depression of the 1930s（7）
Strike pickets, New York, New York. Dec. 1937. Photographer: Arthur Rothstein.
