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Archive: January 2018 (3 Posts)

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Shooting War – Framing History, Part III

Posted by: Kerry Ward

The following is the third of a three-part blog post focusing on Military Photographers. You can read the original post HERE and the second post HERE. During the tremendous upheaval of the 1960s and with the Vietnam War in full effect, the country was in desperate need of emotive displays of patriotism while still accurately recording …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Shooting War – Framing History, Part II

Posted by: Kerry Ward

The following is the second of a three-part blog post focusing on Military Photographers. Some military photographers consider capturing the story of their fellow soldiers the greatest honor of their life.  For others, the brutality of war remains frozen in their mind just as the images they produced. Four years after serving in World War …

A man playing a guitar and singing to a close crowd of a dozen or so men and women

Shooting War – Framing History, Part I

Posted by: Kerry Ward

The following is the first of a three-part blog post focusing on Military Photographers. When you think of our American military history, what images stand out?  Perhaps it is the black and white Joe Rosenthal photo of U.S. Marines raising a flag on Iwo Jima during World War II. Or maybe it is Nick Ut’s shot of “Napalm Girl.”  These iconic images have both inspired hope as well as …