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Peter Sramek, 2001
                       
Wherever the ...photographer may be working, he has, I think a great responsibility of truthfulness. But if the place and the material chosen is not his own, that responsibility is heavier. ... He must come to know, to see and understand what he sees, with a good deal of humility and respect. Otherwise what he does cannot be much more than an impertinence. For reasons that have been discussed at length by art historians, the Western tradition of interest and delight in the representation of the human form is at a low ebb among contemporary painters and sculptors. "This model has such a classic face and figure that I wanted to photograph her in a relaxed and serene mood, completely impersonal." One of Suschitzky's frequent commissions is to make a portrait of a movie starlet which will reveal some of her true beauty rather than a mere surface glitter.
Master of a certain kind of elegance in photography, Beaton exemplifies his style in this portrait...
Gisele Freund became a photographer shortly before the war after having received her doctorate from the Sorbonne for a dissertation on 19th Century French Photography. Some of the depressing effect of a realization of the H-bomb's capacity for destruction has been overcome by the knowledge that a guided missile system is being installed near vital U.S. centers.
In April, J.Robert Oppenheimer...was officially presented with charges that he was a security risk ...[and] stripped of access to atomic and hydrogen bomb secrets.
March 12 - McCarthy charges Army with attempted blackmail in effort to stop his exposure of communists. ... April 27 - Army charges that McCarthy and associates had 'doctored' photo of Schine and Stevens. ...Pvt.G.David Schine testified that photo of himself and Secretary Stevens had been altered without his knowledge. Photographic Illustrations create precisely the proper mood and atmosphere to present your story most effectively
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details from the series "Slice"   ©Peter Sramek, 2001.   peter@sramek.ca