Movie Monday - The Photo League

1. The Photo League's credo is that photography can be made the social betterment a career. It has the power to change the world.
2. The Photo League separated from Workers International Relief.
3. The workshop was an event where people could be taught the art of photography.
4. The workshops were taught by American photographer Sid Grossman.
5. If I were to devote one year of my life to one project, I would want to travel around the world and take pictures of nature and the Seven Wonders.
6. The Harlem document is a portrait of Black urban America and the people, culture, and lifestyles of Harlem during the 1930s. 
7. The Harlem Document was started by an American photographer named Aaron Siskand.
8. The painter was Michelangelo Merisi Dacarvaggio.
9. The photographer mentioned that it looked like it was by the painter because the children's faces were lit up.
10. He photographed poor families on the streets and child labor. He was the official photographer of the Empire State Building. He was the photo League's most eccentric and least hygienic member. 
11. During World War II, female photographers became more prominent after men were drafted.
12. Siskand introduced abstraction to photography after World War II.
13. The Saturday Evening post was an American magazine first published in 1897.
14. Barbara Morgan was a co-founder of the photography magazine Aperture. She took pictures of American modern dancers. 
15. The Photo League ended up on the FBI list for communists.
16. Communism is the "Growing Menace" mentioned in the film.
17. W. Eugene Smith agreed to serve as President when The League was under investigation.
18. The Photo League was closed due to scared members who left after the FBI charges and communism accusations.