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Nov. 12, 1939: This photo, published shortly after the start of the Second World War, ran with this caption: “The Winged Victory of Samothrace, another great achievement of the ancient Greek sculptors, packed for removal in accordance with plans for its protection formulated far in advance of the war.” A 2009 exhibition at the Louvre showed photos documenting how art was relocated for safety during wartime. Photo: The New York Times
Norfolk Nebraska clouds before the storm.... 4/14/2012
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New York Police Department evidence photo, homicide scene. Jos Kellner, 404 East 54th Street, murdered in hallway, on January 7, 1916
Kathmandu - "This powerful image of two vulnerable children living on what seems like the very edge of survival has won Chan Kwok Hung from Hong Kong the title of Environmental Photographer of the Year 2011. The photographer says: "The photo was taken in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal and is of two children who lived nearby to the junkyard with their grandmother. Every day they searched the junkyard for something useful that they can resell for money so they can buy food. If they don't find...
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Infrared film is notoriously difficult to use, as it is critically heat sensitive. Kodak's instructions state that the film lasts just seven days at room temperature. It must be kept in a freezer. Taking infrared film into a sub-Saharan war zone, where freezers are hard to come by and power cuts frequent, is pushing the medium far beyond its limits. What's more, the film was past its expiry date and the stock limited as it had recently been discontinued and was very scarce
Democratic Republic of Congo taken on infrared colour film by photographer Richard Mosse
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Albanians sleep in the open air early in the morning at the AlbaniaKosovo border point of Qafa E Prushit, 1998-1999 Joachim Ladefoged Kosovar
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