1000 words behind the photo
Behind the camera: George Strock Where: Buna Beach, New Guinea (Now Papua New Guinea) Photo Summary: Three American bodies lying dead in the sand next to destroyed landing craft Picture Taken: December 31, 1942First published September 20, 1943 in LIFE The Battle of Buna-Gona was a grueling campaign to stop the Japanese advance across New […]
Behind the camera: WWI Photographer Where: Salonika, Greece Photo Summary: Officers and men of 26th Divisional Ammunition Train playing football Picture Taken: December 25, 1915 By Christmas 1914 World War I had been raging for months. The fighting saw the new industrial style of warfare involving machine guns that mowed down hundreds of soldiers in […]
Behind the camera: Richard Peter Where: Dresden, Germany Photo Summary: A statue on the City Hall Rathausturm or Tower overlooks a destroyed Dresden Picture Taken: 1945 This image has some limited copyright rights reserved after it was released by the Deutsche Fotothek of the Saxon State Library / State and University Library Dresden (SLUB). The […]
Behind the camera: Larry Burrows Where: Close to Hill 484, near the DMZ in South Vietnam Photo Summary: Wounded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie reaching out to a fellow Marine near Hill 484. On the far left is 19-year-old, Navy corpsman Ron Cook and the man whose hand is touching Purdie’s shoulder is 18-year-old Private […]
Behind the camera: Fred Morley Where: Streets of London Photo Summary: A man carries the milk over rubble while firefighters battle the aftermath of the 32nd straight night of bombing Picture Taken: October 9, 1940Published October 10, 1940 During the opening years of World War II Britain was all that was left against Hitler’s military […]
Behind the camera: W. Eugene Smith Where: Taken during the Battle of Saipan Photo Summary: An unshaven Angelo S. Klonis drinking from a canteen OR PFC Thomas E. Underwood of B/1/24th Marines Picture Taken: June 27, 1944 In June of 1944 photojournalist, W. Eugene Smith was following the American troops as they fought their way […]
Behind the camera: David Rubinger Where: In front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem Photo Summary: From left to right Zion Karasanti, Yitzhak Yifat and Haim Oshri standing looking at the Wall Picture Taken: June 7, 1967 As the Six-Day War (Fought between June 5 and 10, 1967) raged between Israel and the neighboring Arab […]
Behind the camera: James Montgomery Flagg Where: Flagg’s Studio Photo Summary: Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer in such a way that the finger seems to follow the viewer around the room. Picture Taken: Originally published as the cover for the July 6, 1916, issue of Leslie’s Weekly with the title ‘What Are You Doing […]
Behind the camera: Kevin Carter Where: Ayod, Sudan (Now South Sudan) Photo Summary: Young Sudanese girl crawling to the food station Picture Taken: March 1993 In March of 1993 the combination of civil war, drought had created famine conditions throughout Southern Sudan. Reporting on the starving people Kevin Carter and other journalists flew into Ayod, […]
Behind the camera: BBC footage Screen Capture Where: Iranian Embassy – 16 Princes Gate, South Kensington, London, United Kingdom Photo Summary: John ‘Mac’ McAleese leading SAS Team 1 into the building Picture Taken: May 5, 1980 The Siege of the Iranian Embassy, located at 16 Princes Gate London, began at 1130 AM on April 30th, […]