The documentary provides an inside look at the dynamics of photojournalism that even I -- a longtime newsman -- found interesting.
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05/11/07
Looking For an Icon (2007)
60 %
Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 3 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 5.9/10
Runtime: 55 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
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1 - 5 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Structured like a freewheeling crash course in media studies, Looking for an Icon offers close readings of four famous photographs, each a past winner of the World Press Photo of the Year.
05/10/07
If a great photograph is one that is symbolic, inviting us to project our wide-ranging interpretations onto them, then the images selected for deconstruction by Hans Pool and Maaik Krijgsman are almost beyond reproach.
05/10/07
Made to honor the 50th anniversary of the 'World Press Photo of the Year,' this documentary fails as both birthday present and theoretical inquiry.
05/09/07
This documentary about four World Press Photo contest winners defines icon to mean a still image so searing that it supplants memories of the event it was supposed to record.
05/09/07
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