Ordinary Miracles The Photo League

1.            They believed that by using their cameras and own beliefs, they could change the world. 

2.            They were separated from the Communist-backed Film and Photo League, originally named the Workers Film and Photo League. 

3.            The workshops were inexpensive classes that taught people how to take photographs and offered the study in documentary photography.

4.             Grossman

5.             I will work on a company's product in order to prepare for Fashion Week. 

6.             It was a portrait of urban African American's culture and lifestyle  during the 1930s in Harlem, New York. 

7.            Aaron Siskind

8.            Van Gogh

9.            The boy on the right side's face was illuminated. 

10.          He led the development of documentary photography and showed photography that they could use their subjects and images to make a change. 

11.         Weegee is a nickname for a man called Arthur Fellig.  He was known for his stark black and white street photography.  He took photos of mostly crime, murder, and death in New York City.

12.         Many talented refugees escaped Europe to avoid Nazi rule.  They began to take part in The Photo League, but they were seen as "alien," which caused problems.

13.         The Photo League began to move away from photographing impoverished neighborhoods in New York City and also from the realist side of documentary photography. It reduced the number of photographs that were taken of class and the daily struggles of workers. 

14.         He turned away from the social and political world after WWII.  Instead, he looked inward to seek meaning in the many insentient forms that he observed around him.

15.         The Saturday Evening post was a magazine that was first published twice per month.  In then started publishing weekly in 1897-1963, and then biweekly until 1969. 

16.         Barbara Morgan was a photographer that mainly took pictures of modern dancers.  She was the co-founder of the photography magazine Aperture.

17.         Many of the members of the Photo League were strong believers in progressive social and political causes. However, The FBI accused this of being communist and "subversive and anti-American". The Photo League was placed on the U.S. Department of Justice blacklist by Attorney General Tom C. Clark.

18.         The "growing menace" refers to fascism in Europe and of Japanese imperialist conquest in Asia. 

19.         W. Eugene Smith agreed to serve President when The League was under investigation.

         20.     In May 1949, FBI informer Angela Calomiris testified that the Photo League was an organization that supported the Communist Party. Recruitment slowed down and many old members left. The League disbanded in 1951.