RRJ#5

Reading Reaction Journal#5

Reference:

French photographer Willy Ronis dead at 99. MSNBC. (Sept 13, 2009). Retrieved on

Oct 6, 2009, from

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32829963/ns/entertainment-arts_books_more/

Summary:

In this article the author introduced the last great postwar photographer who died at 99 years old. Lovers, naked people and the scenes of Paris streets are the main subjects of Ronis’s photographs, and his photographs record the significance of Paris in black and white scenes of daily life. Ronis always had respect for the people he photographed. Some famous people praised Ronis as the poet of a happy life, the narrator of daily lives. Late in Ronis’s life, he still kept up photography. At Ronis’s young time, he gave up his music career in favor of photography, and he won a large number of honors during his whole life. Ronis’s death did the damage to French photography.

Reaction:

From the article I learned about the great French photographer Willy Ronis’s photography life. His positive attitude toward photography and his persevere and with his photography career moved me. To the things which we are really interested in, we should keep doing with them no matter what difficulties might happen during the process. Even though the hi-tech is so developed today, Ronis still tried to take the natural photos. Like the Fine Art field, art students should develop their hand-made skill instead of depending on the Picture Software completely.