Joe Rosenthal

Joe Rosenthal was a photagrapher who won a Pulitzer Prize. he won it for a WWII photagraph that was iconic. he started to climb this hill to take a picture of the marines putting up the flag but someone told him it was already up but he climbed up anyways. when he got there he saw that one flag was already up but they were also putting up another bigger flag. he was lucky and was getting ready to take the picture but then out of the corner of his eye he saw them bring it up so he had to swing around and hope that the picture turned out well.alot of people thought this picture was staged because it is so perfect but really this picture is real and joe almost didn't get it.he was using a cramera called crown graphic and it is big a nd bulky but it makes a single picture negative that you have to change after every picture so Joe only had one chance since it takes 3 seconds to load. it was very dangerous to be a photagraoher during the war because they had to carry alot of things aroound and they were always in with the action so it was very dangerous. photoagraphers in the war were considered in the army. he was named an honorary marine by the commandment of marine corps. people saw the flag picture as a potent victory photo he became a maneger of the times wide world photos. he died on september 20, 2006 ,