Top- 100 Images, Photo 4



1. I picked this image because I was very curious as to what this lady was doing and why it was needed for her to have a "blind" sign around her neck. This image caught my eye because it was unusual and I wanted to know more about this photograph.

2 & 3. Paul Strand wanted to capture people in there natural being. He wanted to take photos of them as they were, not as they projected themselves to be on camera. This woman may not have truly been blind, but the idea was that she didn't know she was being photographed. He was focused on documenting immigrants on New York City's Lower East Side, such as this woman who was pioneering. His images depicted subjects without their knowledge or consent and then he used their images to promote social awareness. Stand helped pave a way for an entirely new form of photography art.

   

Paul Strand
October 16, 1890- March 31, 1976
New York City, NY
Ethical Culture Fieldston School

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