Category Archives: Photography
Week 5 – Pulitzer 1947 – The Winecoff Hotel Fire – Arnold Hardy
For week 5 we take a break from the war, 4 x 5 cameras and from press photographers. Camera 2 x 3 Speed Graphic Film Kodak Lens 100mm Shutter & Aperture Flash @ f4.5 The Wincoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia was advertised as fireproof despite not being fitted with sprinklers, fire escapes or alarms. It [...]
Week 4 – Pulitzer 1945 – Iwo Jima Flag – Joe Rosenthal
This week we have an iconic image. It rates up there with the most reproduced images of all time. Camera 4 x 5 Speed Graphic Film Agfa Lens 127mm Shutter & Aperture 1/400 @ f16 Raising the flag on Iwo Jima was a historic moment post a historic battle. Iwo Jima was to be the [...]
Week 3 – Pulitzer 1944 – Homecoming – Earle Bunker
For week 3 we have another war related photograph. It was the early 1940′s after all. It’s not your usual front lines shot but one that was much closer to home for the Americans. Camera 4 x 5 Speed Graphic Film Kodak Lens 127mm Mid World War II the town of Villisca, Iowa housed eleven [...]
Week 2 – Pulitzer 1943 – Water – Frank Noel
For the second week we have an image that, on it’s own, doesn’t have the same impact as the inaugural winner did. In my opinion however, it is a much more powerful image backed up by a sad story of a brief moment. Camera 4 x 5 Speed Graphic Film Kodak Lens 127mm During January [...]
Week 1 – Pulitzer 1942 – Labour Strife in Detroit – Milton Brooks
Each Friday I will post a Pulitzer winning photograph. I am no art critic by any stretch of the imagination so do not expect an amazing critique. I do however know a bit about the photos and will attempt to give you some of the back story and any other little interesting facts I have [...]