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Four Dead Soldiers in the Woods Near Little Round Top
This photo uses a technique that will be explained in the following photos, which is where the photographer angles the camera so that the face of the soldier closest to him is hidden. I believe this technique is used to hide the actual mortal damage the soldier suffered. If one could see the face of this soldier, one would probably be able to tell where he got shot, stabbed, etc. Therefore, the photographer is simply trying to show that these men are dead, not how they died. By using this method, the photographer is attempting to shift the viewers attention away from the individual soldiers who killed their loved ones, and instead to focus it upon the causes for which they died. This photo is of two union men, and then possibly a confederate soldier in the foreground, but it is still uncertain. The angle of this photo suggests that the two union soldiers died defending a line, while the confederate died attempting to storm it. I believe this photo was intended to focus viewer's attention upon questioning their causes, not the costs themselves.
Photo taken from Civil War Homepage
Four Dead Soldiers in the Woods Near Little Round Top
This photo uses a technique that will be explained in the following photos, which is where the photographer angles the camera so that the face of the soldier closest to him is hidden. I believe this technique is used to hide the actual mortal damage the soldier suffered. If one could see the face of this soldier, one would probably be able to tell where he got shot, stabbed, etc. Therefore, the photographer is simply trying to show that these men are dead, not how they died. By using this method, the photographer is attempting to shift the viewers attention away from the individual soldiers who killed their loved ones, and instead to focus it upon the causes for which they died. This photo is of two union men, and then possibly a confederate soldier in the foreground, but it is still uncertain. The angle of this photo suggests that the two union soldiers died defending a line, while the confederate died attempting to storm it. I believe this photo was intended to focus viewer's attention upon questioning their causes, not the costs themselves.
Photo taken from Civil War Homepage