1000 words behind the photo
Behind the camera: Where: Just outside a temporary settlement called, Pea-Pickers Camp, on the outskirts of Nipomo, California. The camp was a temporary encampment for migrant farm workers and their families Photo Summary: Florence Owens Thompson flanked by daughter Katherine (age 4) on the left and Ruby (age 5) on the right. The Baby on […]
Behind the camera: Published in the Mainichi Newspaper Where: Leaving the Takanawa Police stn in Tokyo Photo Summary: Sada Abe with policemen after her arrest Picture Taken: May 20, 1936 This image is in the public domain because of its age In 1930s Japan a Japanese woman became infatuated with and strangled her lover to […]
Behind the camera: Robert Capa Where: It was for decades thought that the shot was taken at Cerro Muriano on the Cordoba Front. However new research has determined that the photo was taken 30 miles (50 km) away, near Espejo, a Cordoban town Photo Summary: A Spanish Republican (Loyalist) soldier supposedly the moment he is […]