Made to honor the 50th anniversary of the 'World Press Photo of the Year,' this documentary fails as both birthday present and theoretical inquiry.
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05/09/07
Looking For an Icon (2007)
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Reviews Counted:5
Fresh:3
Rotten:2
Average Rating:5.9/10
Theatrical Release:May 9, 2007 Limited
Reviews for Looking For an Icon
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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
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
The documentary provides an inside look at the dynamics of photojournalism that even I -- a longtime newsman -- found interesting.
05/11/07
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