Pasadena City College carnival, 1952
1 media/44-39394-thumb.jpg 2020-10-20T14:56:27-07:00 Curtis Fletcher 3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673e 38151 2 10 images. Pasadena City College carnival, 15 May 1952. Karen Hjalland; Pat Murphy; Bruce Burdick; Janice Jack; Forrest Phillips; Jim Rosoff; Burt Howells; Trenna Kemper; Marian Franco; Toni Pagano; George Milan; Lu Ann Short; Ruth Wood; Kay Risser; Jack Mahoney, Television actor; Donna Rhodes, queen; Linda Denny; Rosemarie Hurliman.; Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Mercurio. Reporter: Ostler. Assignment: Pasadena City College carnival. Pasadena. 30: General view of crowd at the 25th annual Order of the Mast and Dagger Carnival held at the Pasadena City College campus. Funds from the affair will go to a scholarship fund for students. 9: Pasadena City College coeds try their hand and throwing darts at the 'Silverado Carnival'. They are left to right: Karen Hjalland and Pat Murphy. 7-8: Bruce Burdick of PCC's Key club, gets dunking in booth concession tank by expert baseball throwers, who by hitting a small circular disk tumble the victim into a tank of water. 62: Pretty Sheriff Janice Jack is unrelenting as Forrest Phillips offers to turn a new leaf for his release from jail. 151: Student Jim Rosoff at camera takes pictures of Burt Howells, Pasadena City College freshman president and Trenna Kemper. Activity was won of many booths on campus to raise funds for students scholarship sponsored by the school's Order of the Mast and Dagger Club, PCC's highest honorary society".; Caption slip continues: "150: Coeds Marian Franco and Toni Pagano seen with souvenir headstone of carnival's Silverado Boot Hill. In background is statue of 'Spirit of Silverado', theme of the student carnival. 63: Bearded George Milan cuts heart and initials in tree of pretty Lu Ann Stuart who stands by observing the operation with approval.29: L - R: Princesses Ruth Wood, art department, Kay Risser, Social Science, Jack Mahoney of television's Range Rider seen crowning queen Donna Rhodes, Women's Athletic Association; Princesses Linda Denny, English Department; and Rosemarie Hurliman, drama and radio department, at coronation ceremonies. 151: Television's Jack Mahoney seen placing crown on Queen Donna Rhodes' head". plain 2020-12-03T09:14:39-08:00 USC Digital Library 5/15/52 negatives (photographic)Photographic printsphotographs Mercurio Curtis Fletcher 3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eThis page is referenced by:
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Pasadena City College carnival, May 15, 1952
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This image uniquely captures a scene at the Pasadena City College carnival in 1952 and thereby identifies the significance of photographic use in everyday life social practices.
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This image uniquely captures a scene at the Pasadena City College carnival in 1952 and thereby identifies the significance of photography in everyday life. Striking is the convincing representation of the fact that individuals are actively pausing their activities to manipulate their behavior in order to have their photograph taken in a given moment. This type of behavioral modification might have previously been observed in photographic studios, where subjects actively chose to spend their time working for the art of photography. However, this image depicts an evolution of photographic application in everyday life which would have never been imagined before. People would consciously stop their activity in everyday life situations in order to take a photograph or likewise have a photograph taken, even though the very moment implies no intersection with the direct interest in and affinity to art and photography at all. This type of behavior identifies the significant shift in the meaning of photography to society and may propose the directionality of this novel movement of photography as a form of modern media.
Most striking about this picture is the candid representation of the photographer in the action of taking the photograph. The observer of the photograph gets a glance of the equipment that is set up in order to capture a social scene outside of the studio. However, just like it was practiced earlier in studio photography, the subjects of the image are very aware of the photo being taken. In fact, they actively chose to be photographed and possibly even spent money on the service. At this point, photography evolves into a service that is available to almost any social group, and becomes a widespread practice that mobilizes and inspires.
