World at War 1918
My first post in some time. I will admit to having some difficulty finding personal inspiration amid the current chaos.
This is a repost of a photoshop project I did a few years ago. A digital manipulation of a vintage WWI photo of a brigade of soldiers from Brown County, Wisconsin USA. My maternal grandfather (William) is seated front row, one o'clock (I have tagged him with a yellow dot). The original photo was taken at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville, KY USA. The map is from a vintage US Government book on the war showing the world battlefronts in the year 1918 (I sphereized it in PS to make it look like a globe).
My reasons for this repost are two-fold:
1) to take advantage of the more recent upload size - zoom in to see the faces. The photographer did a great job with the original photo.
2) ALSO going on in the world at the time was the LAST pandemic - the "Spanish Flu". As it happened, my grandfather entered late in the war. He contracted the flu while at Camp Taylor. As such he did not travel overseas with his unit. By the time he was well, the war was over. Had he traveled with his unit, he may not have come back. THUS, I may owe my existence to the flu pandemic of 1918-19.
Another interesting bit about the photo - I shared it with the local historical society. In doing so, I came to find that the uncle of a friend/neighbor is seated to the immediate right of my grandfather. An incredible coincidence. My friend and I have shared many laughs about that and hope that they were friends too.
They got through their trials and I guess we will too, one way or another.
Stay safe out their Flickrinos and keep posting your insprirational photos. I know I need them right now.
World at War 1918
My first post in some time. I will admit to having some difficulty finding personal inspiration amid the current chaos.
This is a repost of a photoshop project I did a few years ago. A digital manipulation of a vintage WWI photo of a brigade of soldiers from Brown County, Wisconsin USA. My maternal grandfather (William) is seated front row, one o'clock (I have tagged him with a yellow dot). The original photo was taken at Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville, KY USA. The map is from a vintage US Government book on the war showing the world battlefronts in the year 1918 (I sphereized it in PS to make it look like a globe).
My reasons for this repost are two-fold:
1) to take advantage of the more recent upload size - zoom in to see the faces. The photographer did a great job with the original photo.
2) ALSO going on in the world at the time was the LAST pandemic - the "Spanish Flu". As it happened, my grandfather entered late in the war. He contracted the flu while at Camp Taylor. As such he did not travel overseas with his unit. By the time he was well, the war was over. Had he traveled with his unit, he may not have come back. THUS, I may owe my existence to the flu pandemic of 1918-19.
Another interesting bit about the photo - I shared it with the local historical society. In doing so, I came to find that the uncle of a friend/neighbor is seated to the immediate right of my grandfather. An incredible coincidence. My friend and I have shared many laughs about that and hope that they were friends too.
They got through their trials and I guess we will too, one way or another.
Stay safe out their Flickrinos and keep posting your insprirational photos. I know I need them right now.