Photographer Joe Rosenthal

January 25th, 2010 by admin

Joe Rosenthal was a frustrated soldier.  Due to his nearsightedness, his application to join the Army and Navy were both denied.  Determined, however, to serve his country, he decided to join the U.S. Maritime Service as a photographer assigned to take pictures of the convoys in the Atlantic.  This was a turning point in Rosenthal’s career because he developed a passion for war photography.  After returning to the Associated Press, Rosenthal dedicated his work to covering battles in the Pacific.One of the biggest contributions Rosenthal made as an artist, placing him among the ranks of the greatest photographers, was his work entitled, “Flag Raising Over Iwo Jima.”  This was photo was captured in Feb. 23, 1945, and won the Pulitzer Prize for Photography the same year.  For many milton keynes photographers getting into photography has been a turning point.

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