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the-seed-of-europe: La Fleur des Aviateurs, Edouard Touraine...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:57:31 +0200

the-seed-of-europe:

La Fleur des Aviateurs, Edouard Touraine for La Vie Parisienne, 1916.

swissstash: At the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:53:22 +0200

swissstash:

At the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month, 1918, the First World War ended.

the-seed-of-europe: Good Luck! WWI-era winter postcard.

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:31:17 +0200

the-seed-of-europe:

Good Luck! WWI-era winter postcard.

cruello: A New Possession A 6-year-old orphan from Austria...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:28:00 +0200

cruello:

A New Possession

A 6-year-old orphan from Austria (above) ecstatically embraces a brand-new pair of shoes just given to him by the Red Cross, 1946

Gerald Waller

muh carol christian poells

odilonredon: Soviet Veteran World War II veteran from Belarus...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:27:54 +0200

odilonredon:

Soviet Veteran

World War II veteran from Belarus Knostantin Pronin, 86, sits on a bench as he waits in hopes of finding other men from his unit at Gorky park during Victory Day in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2011.

This picture made me sad. To think that there will be a few less friends from your unit until that one year you’re the last one, just waiting.

Oh, right in the feels.

the-seed-of-europe: Hole in the Helmet - “Saved by shrapnell...

Wed, 22 May 2013 15:25:56 +0200

the-seed-of-europe:

Hole in the Helmet - “Saved by shrapnell [sic] helmet. This soldier, on the way to hospital after being bandaged at Field Dressing Station, shows the helmet which saved his life.” 1914-1918. (via The Retronaut.)

What a genuine smile

caelestial: untitled by 正要衝 on Flickr.

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:58:17 +0200

caelestial:

untitled by 正要衝 on Flickr.

whoinspiresme: Václav Jirásek - Infection, 2002

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:05:23 +0200

whoinspiresme:

Václav Jirásek - Infection, 2002

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Tue, 21 May 2013 20:59:00 +0200

if you follow the paintbrush with your eyes while not moving...

Tue, 21 May 2013 20:58:50 +0200

if you follow the paintbrush with your eyes while not moving your head, it forces you to use emdr which is a therapeutic technique to calm anxiety/panic. watching fish swim causes the same effect.

cowboybeboop: i love this bear

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:38:37 +0200

cowboybeboop:

i love this bear

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Tue, 21 May 2013 14:50:18 +0200

http://jennytaetae.tumblr.com/post/50920087821

Tue, 21 May 2013 14:33:49 +0200

http://jennytaetae.tumblr.com/post/50920087821

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Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23:05 +0200

colourthysoul: Alice Pike Barney - Dreamland (1906)

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:53:39 +0200

colourthysoul:

Alice Pike Barney - Dreamland (1906)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 23:53:07 +0200

ethertune: Seoul in Blue (By ohad*)

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:46:11 +0200

ethertune:

Seoul in Blue (By ohad*)

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Mon, 20 May 2013 21:31:53 +0200

About War Pictures

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:22:30 +0200

Maybe you have noticed some war pictures I’ve been reposting lately.
I just want to say a few things about them.

First of all, I am not pro-war, but I am aware that it exists, happened and will happen in the future as long as humanity breathes its last breath.

War is ugly.
That is pretty much undeniable in a certain extent.
But it also very beautiful in a certain way, let me elaborate.

When you look at a picture of a war scene, you can feel so many things.

Who shot the picture?
What is the photographer thinking?
What is the soldier thinking?
Did they survive the war?
Is he morally concerned about his actions?
Who put the weapon in his hands?
Who and what is he fighting for?

And the fear, the raw emotion that only comes to light when confronted with a life and death situation is simply exhasperating to me.

On the technical perspective, it is also interesting to see to what extent mankind goes to kill each other, inventing many things we civilians we even use today and would not have invented if it were not for war.

War is progress, War is humanity distilled.
To deny conflict is to deny human nature.
Rather than live in blissful ignorance from it, I choose to look at it in awe

To whom it may concern

reparations: Pionier throws an Eihandgranate; Stielhandgranaten...

Mon, 20 May 2013 21:07:16 +0200

reparations:

Pionier throws an Eihandgranate; Stielhandgranaten in his Pioniersturmgepäck.