TheAtlantic - Pre/Post WWII series

M38A1 · January 7, 2012

I've come across an interesting series from TheAtlantic on pre and post WWII images I thought I'd share. Coming from a variety of photographers, there are some very powerful images in the series. I've only made it through a few sections thus far and the work is amazing. Take time to study the images and read the captions too.

On interest is Migrant Woman which has been discussed here recently.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/ww2.html

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ChesterJack · January 7, 2012

M38A1 wrote: »

I've come across an interesting series from TheAtlantic on pre and post WWII images I thought I'd share. Coming from a variety of photographers, there are some very powerful images in the series. I've only made it through a few sections thus far and the work is amazing. Take time to study the images and read the captions too.

On interest is Migrant Woman which has been discussed here recently.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/ww2.html

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Thank you for the link. Amazing, historic shots.

Andy · January 7, 2012

Thanks so much!

Nikolai · January 7, 2012

Pretty cool, thank for sharing!

black mamba · January 7, 2012

Thanks, Scott, for the terrific link. As a major WWII buff, I really appreciate this source of info and pictures.

Tom

RSL · January 7, 2012

Good catch, Scott. I was a kid during most of this -- I was 15 when Japan surrendered -- and I was delivering afternoon papers from the time I was twelve, less than a year after Pearl Harbor, until after the surrender, so I had to hawk headlines on my route. I didn't understand a lot of it, but I knew what was going on and how it was affecting people around me. A buddy of mine and I used to pop into newsreel theaters from time to time to get the picture. Now that TV is universal, nobody remembers those newsreel theaters, but for a dime or fifteen cents they used to take the place of TV for war films.

M38A1 · January 9, 2012

I've now made my way through the color/Pearl Harbor section. Wow.

Looking at these mostly posed images, what were they using for their light sources? Strobes were not around yet so was it flash bulbs? Or did they have lighting specific to that 5500K range? From a technical perspective, I wonder how these were accomplished. I did see they were using Kodachrome.

And the photographer Alfred Palmer... Was he a general war correspondent in addition to what I'll call portrait duties?

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TheAtlantic - Pre/Post WWII series

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