Shot Photographs: In the shot photographs put a heavy metal sphere is propelled from a circle seven feet in diameter; four feet of its circumference—in the forepart of the circle—contains a toeboard four inches high. In this event the shot photographs is not allowed to pass behind or below the shoulder, so that technically it is "put" rather than "thrown." A 16-pound shot photographs is used in major masculine competition, such as in the Olympic Games, national championships, and intercollegiate competition; the 12-pound shot photographs is usually used by males in secondary schools, and the 8-pound shot photographs is used in feminine competition, including the Olympic Games. In the games the shot photographs put is also one of the 10 decathlon events for men. A put of over 65 feet has been made with the 16-pound shot photographs, and a woman has exceeded 56 feet with the 8-pound shot photographs.
From his selection of the photographs he built a well-structured,organic layout, with a large general view as an "establishment shot photographs"—to use the language of the motion-picture editor—through details to a finale. Great care was taken with the captions, or cut lines: the words were chosen to explain or illuminate the photographs, not to repeat their content.
This great early period of European photojournalism utterly collapsed in 1933, when Hitler came to power. AIZ, avowedly Communist, published its last Berlin-datelined issue on February 19 and moved to Czechoslovakia. |
