Posted on March 12, 2009
by Shahar Golan ·
After two gruelling days working an assembly line like photography studio, I have found renewed faith in the photography of children. Trying to avoid kitsch as much as possible, I worried our cooperation with Jerusalem’s Train Theatre might prove to be void of artistic merit, but boy was I wrong. Yes, many of the photos were nothing more than Jewish kids in Purim costumes smiling for mommy – but from time to time, when not pressed to fake-smile, something much deeper and profound emerged.
Following is the photo I liked most out of these two days of work. My friend Guy hinted that I might like this photo because on a subconscious level it reminds me of photographer Cindy Sherman’s work. What do you think?
Hagigit – Purim Spiel Still #9313 – 2009
Cindy Sherman – Untitled Film Still #21 – 1978
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Posted on June 29, 2008
by Shahar Golan ·
Eddie Adams – Saigon Execution – photograph – 1968 – Vietnam
Henry VIII’s Wives – Iconic Moments of the 20th Century – photograph – 2007 – UK
Mark Daughhetee – Hosed – photograph – 2004 – USA
Borf Brigade – The Consolation of Ruin – 2007 – USA
Mike Stimpson – photograph – 2007 – UK
Xiang Jing – Bang! – sculpture – 2002 – China
Amnesty International – print – 2005 – New Zealand
Dolk Lundgren – Weed Killer – graffiti – 2008 – Norway
Franck Réthoré – painting – 2007 – France
Kenyon Bajus – Execution – print – 2004 – USA
Krista Wortendyke – Iconic Recall – print – USA
Notes:
- The original photo received the Pulitzer Prize for ‘Spot News Photography’ in 1969 under the name ‘Saigon Execution’. Nowadays it is often captioned as ‘General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner in Saigon’.
- For such an iconic photo and a well documented event, it is surprising that so many people cannot eloquently explain the context of this image, summarizing it to ‘a bad guy killing a good guy’. Please take a moment to learn more about the incident by clicking here and here.
- If you are aware of additional artworks derived from the original photo, please send details and links by leaving a comment or sending an email.
- If you enjoyed this post, please make sure you check back in a month or so, as additional artworks will be added.
The following was added after this post was first published.
minipliman – print – 2009 – Germany
Liu Jin – News – Wangfujing – photograph – 2001 – China
Olivier Blanckart – The Remix Saigon (After Eddie Adams) – sculpture – 1997 – France
Locust – Mural For Clarion Alley – mural – 2011 – USA
Yasumasa Morimura – A Requiem: Vietnam War, 1968-1991 – photograph – 1991 – Japan
Manit Sriwanichpoom – This Bloodless War No. 2 – photograph – 1997 – Thailand
Kevin Hagedorn and Amro Jayousi – Obama’s War is a Crime – performance art – 2010 – USA
Vik Muniz – Memory Rendering of Saigon Execution – photograph – 1990 – USA
Mark Young – Dave Stewart’s Vietnam Execution Tribute – photograph – USA
Johnny de Brest – Vladracul – photograph – 1995 – Germany
Carlos Latuff – The Coca-Cola Series – photograph – 2003 – Brazil
Dinh Q. Lê – Untitled (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) from ‘From Vietnam to Hollywood’ – tapestry – 2003 – USA
Karen Ostrom – The Execution from The Gun Series – photograph – 2005 – USA
Pavel Maria Smejkal – from the Fatescapes series – print – 2009 – Slovakia
Sanna Dullaway – Past in Colour – print – 2011 – Sweden
Billy Joel – We Didn’t Start The Fire – music video – 1989 – USA
The following work precedes Adams’ photo:
Esther Bubley – Small Boys Watching the Woodrow Wilson High School Cadets – photograph – 1943 – USA
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