Tourism and Travel
Write about one of the two photographs, or compare them. Think this week about function as well as meaning.
Photojournalism
Write about the following photograph:
- Henri Cartier-Bresson, "Behind the Gare St. Lazare," Paris, 1932
Humanistic Photography
Write about either photo - or compare the two:
- Sabine Weiss, "Cartes Postales, Tour Eiffel," 1955
- Robert Doisneau, "The Kiss at the Hotel de Ville," 1950
War Photography
Write about one of the two photographs or compare them. Think this week about the history and function of war photography.
- Jeff Wall, "Dead Troops Talk," 1992 (more info about this photo)
- Lalage Snow, "Edens beyond the razor wire"
Mohammad Kabir, aged 105, Darulaman Palace Garden, September 2012:
I was 16 when I first started working here with my father in the palace gardens. They were beautiful. The king brought different flowers and trees from Europe and when the palace was being built there were elephants and donkeys to move all the heavy trees. The king was a good man and I remember those days happily. It makes me sad to see this palace in ruins, ruins like my country.
Now I work on the government vegetable garden for the Afghan National Army based here. I built this garden in the courtyard a few months ago just for fun. I feel like the plants have given me energy. I feel younger and more powerful and think that my hair is losing the white bits. I don't think this garden will last long, it will probably be destroyed. But everything you see growing here is from Paradise and I feel like I'm in Paradise when I'm here. I'm a poor man and sometimes there isn't enough to eat but gardening feeds you in a different way. The soldiers always say they like the greenery as it reminds them of peace. Who doesn't like that?
