Paul Strand tried to communicate the sentiment of the land and its occupants straightforwardly, truly, and with deference. His prints are excellent in detail and resonance, and his methodology has affected American photography incredibly. Strand supported “straight photography,” and shot road representations to city scenes, machine structures, and plants with his particular clearness, accuracy, and mathematical structure. From 1904-09, he studied photography under Lewis Hine at the Ethical Culture School in New York, where he was born. Hine acquainted Strand with Alfred Stieglitz, who supported him and gave him a presentation in 1915, and distributed his work in the two last issues of Camera Work. Dynamic as both a still picture taker and a producer, Strand has been incredibly compelling. 

Strand teamed up with Charles Sheeler in 1921 on the short film Mannahatta, and from 1923 to 1929, he functioned as an independent cinematographer. He filled in as head of photography and cinematography for the Mexican government’s Department of Fine Arts from 1932 until 1934; he administered creation of the government supported documentary The Wave. In 1935 he went overseas with directors of the Group Theater to Moscow, where he met movie chief Sergei Eisenstein. Upon his return, he dealt with Pare Lorentz’s film The Plow That Broke the Plains for the Resettlement Administration. Strand got comfortable in Orgeval, France, in 1951; there his thoughtfulness regarding “the world at his doorstep” moved to the basic excellence of his nursery. He distributed a progression of books on his movements around the globe. 

My interpretation

Who	Someone wearing a sign saying “BLIND” around their neck.
What	Stairs with the rail making a line shadow down them or buildings with interesting shadows to take photos of.
Why	Paul Strand liked to take photos using the natural lighting making interesting shadows on the ground, which he focuses his photos on. So the photos I’ll be taking will be focused on the shadows the rail makes and the shadow behind the person wearing a sign.
When	Near the end of the day or the start as I get more shadows going across the ground. With the photo having someone wearing the sign saying blind I want to do it before midday so the lighting would be on the person casting a shadow behind them.
Where	For the stairs photos I will go to millennium park to take photos of the stairs leading up to the park as the sun gets to the rails easily so the lighting will be natural when taking the photos. I will also go around town when the sun is setting to get some abstract photos of buildings casting shadows.
How	With the photo of the sign, I will make it using a piece of card or paper which I will write in bold BLIND or something different like DEAF then punch two holes in the corner of the paper and attach string which the person can then put around their neck.