Tag: war
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Banned Photos of the WWII Japanese Internment Camps Are Finally Revealed
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Photographer Dorothea Lange is best known for her candid shots of the 1930s Great Depression and showing the heart-breaking struggle that many endured during that time. One of her most famous pieces from the period is the iconic Migrant Mother, in which a destitute pea picker is embraced by two of her seven children. In 1942, she…
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Photographer Captures Portraits Of Soldiers Before, During, and After War
Lalage Snow, a war photographer who has spent a lot of his working life in Kabul, Afghanistan, completed a remarkable 8-month-long project titled We Are The Not Dead. In it, he took portraits of British soldiers before, during, and after their deployment in Afghanistan. Snow captures the innocent expressions of these men transformed into gaunt, sullen…
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Before-and-After Photographs Reveal The Disastrous Effects That War Has Done to Syria
Once Syria’s largest city, Aleppo has been the worst-hit city in the country since the Battle of Aleppo began in 2012 as part of the ongoing Syrian Civil War. Now a series of before-and-after photos reveals just how much the once-vibrant historical city has been marred by war. Olympia Restaurant, which calls Aleppo home, has…
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Amazing Before & After Photos Show How This Woman Changed The Lives Of WWI Veterans By ‘Restoring’ Their Faces
At the outbreak of World War One, life for many women was mainly tied to a life of domesticity, their places still largely in the home. Some, like the Suffragettes, were campaigning vocally for change, but the glass ceiling remained at ground level. One woman who broke the mould was Anna Coleman Watts Ladd, an…
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Brazilian Artist Makes History Feel Like The Present With Stunning Colorized Photos
These days we are overwhelmed with options for adding color to black-and-white photos. Smartphone apps, artificial intelligence, and Photoshop knockoffs are accessible to amateurs and hobbyists, and YouTube is a constantly replenishing source of step-by-step tutorials. And yet, if you’ve tried colorization, you’ve likely discovered the finished result looks like highlighters scrubbed over an old…
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Historic Photo Series Featuring Love During Wartime
We take it for granted that when we say to someone “see you soon”, we’re going to see them again sometime soon. This wasn’t the case during World War II, however, where friends, family and loved ones had no idea if they were ever going to be reunited with their loved ones again. And sadly,…
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Stunning Images of Photoshoot Of Army ‘Brothers’ And Baby Daughter Of A Fallen Soldier Get Published
As most of us would agree, war is terrible for everyone. For the lives that it takes, families it destroys, and countries it takes out. This story is one such example. More info: Instagram Britt and Chris got married in October 2016 and were enjoying a happy young family life Unfortunately, tragedy struck in August…
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Portraits of Soldiers Before, During and After Going to War
Photographer, journalist and filmmaker Lalage Snow shot this series of portraits of British soldiers over a period of seven months, before, during and after their operational deployment to Afghanistan on Op Herrick 12. They speak of fear, being injured, losing a brother soldier, missing home, excitement, coming home, and what life is like on the frontline. Snow,…
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5,000 Melting Ice Sculptures Remember the Victims Of WWI
Yesterday we described a heart-wrenching memorial installation commemorating some of the lost soldiers of WWI, but now, one artist has created an art installation that also remembers the often-forgotten civilian deaths during “The Great War.” Brazilian sculptor Nele Azevedo arranged 5,000 little ice figurines on the step of Chamberlain Square in Birmingham, U.K., to remember…
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888,246 Poppies Pour Like Blood out of the Tower of London to Remember the Fallen Soldiers Of WWI
This summer, the Tower Of London will be surrounded by a sea of crimson. This installation, conceived by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, will commemorate each and every British or Colonial fatality from World War 1 by planting 888, 246 red ceramic poppies in a flowing sea around the tower. The installation, entitled…