Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson was a very famous “American photojournalist, cinematographer, and philanthropist. She used her middle name, Marvin, both professionally and personally to distinguish herself from her cousin Mary Breckinridge and to avoid the prejudice against women prevalent at the time.” As said by library of congress in their biography of Marvin. She attended Milton Academy in Milton, MA, and went to Vassor for college, and this is where she finally started to learn new things, learn about herself and learn what she enjoyed to do. Marvin’s life from here on out was going to be filled with new adventures and opportunity’s. The Vassar encyclopedia stated about Marvin, that her “interest in college included history, and photography courses, herding cattle and more". In college, Marvin and some friends went to Copenhagen, Denmark, as observers to the International Confederation of Students. They joined with students at Princeton to organize the 1925 Princeton Conference, trying to encourage United States participation in the World Court system.
The conference led to the National Student Federation of America (NSFA), and Marvin became president of it in 1927-1928, after her graduation from Vassar, as the Vassar encyclopedia added. Also in this time, she qualified for a pilot’s license to joining New York City social life, And Marvin became the first female courier for her cousin Mary’s Frontearing Service, and went on to travel across Africa with a friend. Their journey, was later shown in a book, Olivia’s African Diary: Cape Town to Cairo, which presented photos from the trip, beginning the start of her photojournalistic career.
From here, Marvin was a freelance photographer and when world war two broke out in 1939 she took the first pictures of a London air-raid shelter. And after this, though new to radio, her friend Edward R Murrow, hired her as the first female staff broadcaster in Europe for CBS. Being the first female broadcaster meant she had to prove herself and the men in the company were very bias towards her. Many didn't think she was capable and would often make rude remarks at her, but she kept going and was very good at her job as well. As professor Nordell talks about in the module nine content, regarding women in photojournalism he says, "The roles and opportunities for women have shifted dramatically in some areas of the world since photography was invented." And Marvin taking the broadcasting job, and being a photojournalist was a start for women getting these opportunity’s. After this, her life was full of amazing photojournalistic, and broadcasting opportunities from traveling to Norway, Amsterdam, France and many more places to excel her career. Vassar encyclopedia said after this, in 1958 is when she started to devote herself to philanthropy after marrying, having kids and starting her family. She worked for many community organizations, community boards and more. She lived a long and fulfilled live, dying at the age of ninety-seven in 2010.
Photo of Marvin
Image
source: https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/wcf/wcf0009.html
photo by: library of congress
Year taken:1940
Black and white: Makes this image feel
more old and artistic I think then if it were in color. This photo being in
black and white accentuates her smile and her body movement. It also makes it
look more genuine and explains the times she was in, from being in black and white.
Feelings the image creates: This image
creates a feeling for me of warmth and maybe even happiness. She isn't quite
smiling but it looks like she may be smirking a little bit and looks like she
is probably on the job. She looks well put together and not mad ,so for me this
photo gives a good feeling based on these aspects.
Obvious main subject: In this photo
Marvin is clearly the main subject. she takes up pretty much the whole frame,
besides the little things around her but right away you can clearly tell she is
the main subject. The light looks like it is coming from the side, and being mainly focused on her also shows she is the obvious main subject.
Why I chose this image: I chose this image
because Marvin seemed like a very sweet, loving and interesting women. I
think this picture portrays that what a great woman she was, and shows what a
hard worker she was, as she is working it looks like in this photo. It also
looks very genuine and not staged based on the look on her face. I also like
this photo because I liked what she is wearing, how it’s in black and white,
and just the overall feel I get from the photo
I think women have faced some sort of discrimination in
the workplace in one way or another just about everywhere. We hear all the
time different statistics and facts of women getting paid less than men who
are doing the exact same job, or jobs that women in the past were never allowed
to do at all. We hear about criticism, and rude remarks women receive and the continuous
bias they experience in the work place. One comment talked about by
American journalism review, was a remark made at Mimi Fuller when she "walked into the
Cincinnati Post's photo department in 1972, she was greeted with, 'You must be
the reason we had to take the Playboy calendars off the wall." proving
that women face bias all the time. On top of this, there is the
unseen bias against women in the workplace as well. Though there are rules and
regulations, women still get mistreated or even not hired for being a woman in
many situations, though that isn’t the reason the employer will claim.
In another study done by university of Colorado Denver, they discovered that beautiful women were discriminated more in certain jobs. The study found that “Attractive women were discriminated against when applying for jobs considered "masculine" and for which appearance was not seen as important to the job.” Some jobs included manager of research and development, director of finance, mechanical engineer and construction supervisor all showed discriminatory action towards women, Science Daily added.
In another study done by university of Colorado Denver, they discovered that beautiful women were discriminated more in certain jobs. The study found that “Attractive women were discriminated against when applying for jobs considered "masculine" and for which appearance was not seen as important to the job.” Some jobs included manager of research and development, director of finance, mechanical engineer and construction supervisor all showed discriminatory action towards women, Science Daily added.
Sure, men have problem experiences some sort of bias in
different jobs as well, but I don’t think it compares to what women have gone
through just to be able to have jobs and a place in society. As professor
Nordell talks about in his introductory video, on women in photojournalism “women in photojournalism, along with women in many other
professions have encountered barriers unlike any male counterpart ever endured.”
Men haven’t felt quite the extent of discrimination in the work place as women
have, because they have always been known as “the workers” while women had to
fight for this role and still do in many work environments today.
Photo by: Single Minded women
Year taken:2012
Keep it
simple: This photograph takes the approach of "keeping it simple". It
is not cluttered, there isn't a lot going on at all and there isn't even a
background to it. The main subjects are obviously the two people because there
is nothing else in the photo. it is also very simple because there isn't a lot
of colors or craziness but is just a very basic photo.
Subjects
expression: I think the subject’s expressions and body language are a little
over posed but for this photo it works because it’s to prove a point. Based on
this photo you can easily tell both aren't happy, and are most likely even
angry based on the looks on their faces. the body language also gives you an
expression as to how there feeling so the body language matches the facial
expression very well.
Quality of
light: It’s hard to tell what is the light source in this photo because the
whole photo is an even amount of brightness and contrast. With the background
being all white also makes the quality of light brighter and draws you in
more. The quality of light is good and bright but not knowing what kind of
light, or what is the light in the photo makes it dramatic and
interesting.
Why I chose
this image: I chose this image because I think it represents how women feel
sometimes in the workplace. Just based on this one photo, this one facial
expression, and body movement makes you feel angry and even uncomfortable. This
is the way you should feel from the photo and makes you feel how people can
feel all the time in jobs, or even elsewhere when bullied or not treated equally
to other. I like this photo for the strong feelings it gives off.
Milton academy- the school Marvin went to
Photo by: Milton academy
Year taken: 2005
Rule
of Thirds: This photo places the students off to the right side, using rule of
thirds. It does this to show the school in the background but still draws focus
to the students as well. It works good for this photo because the point is to
show off the school, and the kids who go there so using rule of thirds it shows
both aspects very well.
Depth
of field: This photo uses maximum depth of field to its advantage. The school
is far away and the people are close, but both subjects are still very clear.
It uses depth of field to show the school, and the school is still in good
focus even though it’s a far distance away in the photo.
Background compliments the composition:
Though you could say maybe the school and the children are the focus, I don't
think one takes away from another. I think the school in the background
compliments the children, and the children compliment the school as well. The
background is in good focus, and both subjects work together well in this
photo.
Why I chose
this image: I chose this image because it makes Milton Academy look
like a great school to go to. From the picture, it looks like a great campus,
and has happy kids. Based on these aspects it looks like a good school that
people enjoy, and represents Marvin’s childhood well. This photo make it
look like a great place its bright, exciting, and beautiful and gives a lot of
feelings just based off this one photo and that why I enjoy it.
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