The Photography of Carl Mydans - LIFE
The Photographs of Carl Mydans - 博客來
The Photographs of Carl Mydans - 博客來
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Carl Mydans | |
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 Carl Mydans in 1935 | |
| Born | May 20, 1907 |
| Died | August 16, 2004 (aged 97) |
| Nationality | American |
| Employer | Life magazine |
| Spouse(s) | Shelley Mydans |
World War II[edit]
Mydans recorded photographic images of life and death throughout Europe and Asia during World War II travelling over 45,000 miles (72,000 km).[2] In 1941, the photographer and Shelley Mydans were the first husband and wife team on the magazine's staff.[3] Shelley and Carl were captured by the invading Japanese forces in the Philippines and interned 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 in December 1943.[2]
After their release, Mydans was sent back into Europe for pivotal battles in Italy and France. By 1944, Mydans was back in the Philippines to cover MacArthur's return. Mydans snapped the moment when General Douglas MacArthur purposefully strode ashore in the Philippines in 1945,[3] The legendary officer had declared, when the Japanese came in 1942, "I shall return," and Mydans' photograph of the formidable general immortalized that claim for posterity. Some asserted that it must have been staged, but Mydans resolutely defended the photograph as entirely spontaneous, though he did admit that MacArthur was savvy about public-relations opportunities. The general had appeared in Mydans' other memorable image from that assignment, watching with other top U.S. brass as a Japanese delegation signed the official documents of surrender on an early September day in 1945. "No one I have ever known in public life had a better understanding of the drama and power of a picture," Mydans, said about MacArthur.[4]
Mydans also captured the signing of Japan's surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri.[2]
Some of Mydans's other famous pictures include: the bombing of Chongqing, 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.
But he also photographed the war from the viewpoint of the ordinary soldier or sailor. "Resourceful and unruffled, Mr. Mydans sent back pictures of combat that even now define how some remember World War II, Korea, and other conflicts," noted The New York Times.[5]
Post-war[edit]
Despite his two years in captivity, Mydans bore no ill will toward the Asian nation, and accepted an assignment to head Time-Life's Tokyo bureau with his wife. Time-Life was the publisher of Time, Life and other top magazines, which Mydans continued to provide with an array of visual stories. In 1948, he just happened to be in the city of Fukui when a destructive earthquake struck; some of his shots were taken on the street while buildings were collapsing around him.
After covering the Korean War, Mydans traveled the globe for the next two decades for Life before the publication folded in 1972. When it was relaunched several years later, he was still listed as one of its contributing photographers. He died on August 16, 2004, of heart failure at his home in Larchmont, New York, at the age of 97. Widowed in 2002, Mydans was survived by his daughter, Misty, a California attorney; and his son, Seth, Asia correspondent for The New York Times.
Books[edit]
- IN THE SHADOW OF THE CAPITOL. Melbourne: Pataphysics Books, 2012. ISBN 978-0-987-3387-0-9. Photographs by Carl Mydans for the U.S. Resettlement Administration, September 1935 (Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress). Edited and with text by Tom Clark (poet). Designed by Yanni Florence.
- Carl Mydans. "More Than Meets the Eye", 1959 Harper Row. New York
- Carl Mydans. "Carl Mydans – Photojournalist. 1985. Harry N. Abrams. New York
- Carl and Shelly Mydans. "The Violent Peace", 1968. Atheneum.
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