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    The name of a famous and glorious photographer would be Robert Capa. This famous photographer was not only known by the name Robert Capa, but also by the name that he had originally been given was Endre Erno Friedmann. The reason why he was known by another name was because he realized that he would earn more money at the time if he made his name sound more like a rich American rather than a poor man that was from Hungary. Robert Capa’s nationality was Hungarian but he eventually became an American citizen. Robert Capa was born as on October 22, 1913 in Buclapest, Austria-Hungary. Robert Capa was born and raised in a Jewish family, therefore him and his family practiced Judaism. Robert Capa was what people had identified to be a…

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    works of prominent authors such as Dostoyevsky and Rimbaud, but also passionately studied painting. At age 19, Cartier-Bresson studied painting under André Lhote, but his conservative style never suited the restless Cartier-Bresson, who found the concept of surrealism much more fascinating. Ultimately, Cartier-Bresson left France to study painting and literature at Cambridge University in England, and that is where he first discovered his passion film and photography. By the early 1930s,…

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    Times of Robert Capa. Robert Capa whose real name was Endre Ernõ Friedman was born on the 22nd of October, 1913 in Budapest, Hungary and died on the 25th of May 1954. Robert was a Jewish combat photographer and a photojournalist who photographed mostly wars. He photographed many popular war like the Spanish civil war, the second Sino-Japanese war, the World War II across Europe and many other popular wars which shuck the world. Capa had various contributions to the photography we all enjoy…

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    He was taken as a prisoner of war by the Germans soon after. He was imprisoned for three years until 1943 (Scharf). Afterwards he works to free prisoners and escapees from imprisonment. In 1946 Cartier-Bresson begins his work as a professional photographer. He began by taking portraits of famous writers and artists (“Biography”). In 1947 he started a photography agency named “Magnum Photos” along with Robert Capa and a few other photographers. In 1948 Cartier-Bresson travels to India for three…

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    1. Analyse Cartier-Bresson’s “West Berlin, West Germany” 1962, Gelatine Silver Print. 300 Words. a. Briefly discuss Cartier-Bresson’s historical background, influences and objectives. Henri cartier- bresson was born on the 22nd of august in 1908 in France and died august 3 2004. Cartier-Bresson was a French photographer whose humane, spontaneous photographs helped establish photojournalism as an art form. Cartier- bresson personal influences was his uncle Louis because henri and his uncle spent…

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    Shaker Culture Book Report

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    an early example shaker culture when Mr. Tanner gives young Robert the pig for help and apron with the calving. Mr. Haven and Robert are fixing the fence when Mr. Tanner brings the pig Roberts father states about accepting the pig “we thank you brother Tanner but it’s not the shaker way to take frills for being neighborly” (P 21). I think this shows that in the shaker culture they feel that is not right to accept a gift or payment for doing the right thing in any given situation are helping out…

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    The perspective of a work of literature changes from the first time you set your eyes on it. My point of view of the poem Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning changed drastically from the beginning of this research project till now. As I looked into information over this poem and different aspects about it, I began to have more of an open mind towards it and understand the true meaning behind it. I learned that poetry has more to it that just the words that were printed on the page. It allowed…

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    in the leadership’s hands than members of the House making it acceptable for Senate to serve longer terms in order to cater to the large and diverse constituencies. Term limits are a necessary evil that we need to address now. They are evil not in a way that harms the democratic process, rather evil because it would require change and most often people are highly adverted to change. Ironic as it may be, in order to see a change in our government we first need to make a larger change that will…

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    The Matrix, on the other hand, is more than just a thought experiment. It is a narrative that is judged aesthetically, and as such its success requires that its creators produce something that will captivate and engage an audience. Carroll has asserted that, narratives, far from being complete, have gaps which need to be filled by the audience. That is, creators of narratives do not spell-out every detail of the narrative, instead, narratives rely on the elicitation of moral emotions from an…

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    Double Jeopardy Case Study

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    grand jury, jury, double jeopardy, and collateral estoppel, immunity from prosecution, eminent domain, takings, and lastly territorial jurisdiction. Nevertheless, this investigation will cover the basic and many varied interpretations of double jeopardy and how they applied to the local case of Robert Nicholas Angleton. Double jeopardy is within the United States Constitutions Fifth Amendment, “The State with all its…

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