Carl Mydans

Carl Mydans (May 18, 1907 – August 16, 2004) was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration and Life magazine. Image File history File links Carl_Mydans. ... Image File history File links Carl_Mydans. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of notable photographers in the art, documentary and fashion traditions. ... Photo of a sharecropper by Walker Evans for the U.S. Resettlement Administration // Overview Created by the New Deal in 1935, the Farm Security Administration was an experiment in collectivizing agriculture--that is in bringing farmers together to work on large government-owned farms using modern techniques under the supervision... A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ...

Mydans became devoted to photography while in college at Boston University. While working on the Boston University News as an undergraduate, his first reporting jobs were for The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald. After college, he went to New York as a writer for American Banker and then in 1935 to Washington to join a group of photographers in the Farm Security Administration. For the unrelated Jesuit university in Chestnut Hill, see Boston College. ... The Boston Globe is the most widely circulated daily newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts and in the greater New England region. ... The Boston Herald is a tabloid newspaper (not to be confused with tabloid press periodicals), the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston, Massachusetts, with a daily circulation of 230,543 in September 2005. ...

In 1936, he joined Life as one of its earliest staff photographers (Alfred Eisenstaedt, Margaret Bourke-White, Thomas McAvoy and Peter Stackpole were the original staff photographers) and a pioneering photojournalist. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A cover of Life Magazine from 1911 Life has been the name of two notable magazines published in the United States. ... Eisenstaedts magnum opus, the V-J Day kiss. ... Self portrait of Margaret Bourke-White Margaret Bourke-White (June 14, 1904 – August 27, 1971) was an American photographer and photo journalist. ... The Right Honourable Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy (born 14 December 1943) is a politician in the United Kingdom. ... Sports photojournalists at Indianapolis Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (i. ...

Mydans recorded photographic images of life and death throughout Europe and Asia during World War II. In 1941, the photographer and his wife were captured by the invading Japanese forces in the Philippines, held for nearly a year in Manila, then for another year in Shanghai, China, before they were released as part of a prisoner-of-war exchange. World map showing Europe Political map (neighboring countries in Asia and Africa also shown) Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The City of Manila (Filipino: Lungsod ng Maynila), or simply Manila, is the capital of the Philippines. ... Shanghai (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Shanghainese: ), stuated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta in East China, is the largest city of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...

Mydans was sent back to war in Europe for pivotal battles in Italy and France. By 1944, Mydans was back in the Philippines to cover MacArthur's landing, where he took some of his most famous pictures. Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American general and Medal of Honor recipient, who was Supreme Commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. He led the defense of Australia, and the recapture of New Guinea, the Philippines and Borneo. ...

Some of Mydans's more famous pictures include: the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri in 1945; angry French citizens shaving the heads of women accused of sleeping with Germans during the occupation in 1944; a roomful of excited royal youngsters and their staid older relatives in 1954; and a 1950 portrait of Douglas MacArthur smoking a pipe. Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American general and Medal of Honor recipient, who was Supreme Commander of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II. He led the defense of Australia, and the recapture of New Guinea, the Philippines and Borneo. ...

References

• Mark Edward Harris. "Carl Mydans: A life goes to war". In: Camera & Darkroom (ed.), Volume 16 Number 6 (June 1994). Beverly Hills, CA. pp. 22-31.

External links

• Carl Mydans Photographic Portfolio
• More photos by Carl Mydans
• Carl Mydans Background and Photos