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Lewis Wickes Hine

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ralph repo

Explore ralph repo’s 180 photos on Flickr!

The case of Robert Penman’s tumour

At the age of 16, Robert Penman presented to a local surgeon with an egg sized tumour in his lower jaw. The connecting teeth were excised, nevertheless, over time, the growth grew rapidly an…

Interior Canal, Canton, China [c1917-1919] Sidney D. Gamble [RESTORED]

Entitled: Interior Canal, Canton China, [c1917] SD Gamble [RESTORED]. Simple retouching, contrast, tonal adjustments; slightly cropped, sepia toned. From the Sidney D. Gamble Photographs Collection at Duke University, which states: "From 1908 to 1932, Sidney Gamble (1890-1968) visited China four times, traveling throughout the country to collect data for social-economic surveys and to photograph urban and rural life, public events, architecture, religious statuary, and the countryside. A sociologist, renowned China scholar, and avid amateur photographer, Gamble used some of the pictures to illustrate his monographs. The Sidney D. Gamble Photographs digital collection marks the first comprehensive public presentation of this large body of work that includes photographs of Korea, Japan, Hawaii, San Francisco, and Russia. The site currently features photographs dated between 1917 and 1932; the 1908 photographs will be digitized and uploaded as part of future additions to the site. The photograph captions are based on the handwritten and typed descriptions found on the original negative sleeves and believed to be the work of Sidney Gamble. The captions and photographs may contain language or stereotypes reflecting the cultural perspective of the era. This content is provided as part of the historical record and does not reflect the views of the Duke University Libraries. The materials in this collection are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Texts and images from this collection may not be used for any commercial purpose without prior permission. Copyright in these images is held by Duke University Libraries and/or the heirs of Sidney D. Gamble. All rights are reserved, except as specified above. When use is made of these texts and images, it is the responsibility of the user to secure any necessary permissions and to observe the stated access policy, the laws of copyright, and the educational fair use guidelines." The original appears to have been taken with a 4x5 view camera. If one enlarges the image, two boats passing beneath a bridge can be seen in the far distance. The image is interesting because it shows that Guangzhou too, had interior canals similar to that of Suzhou, albeit not as elegant nor extensive. It also allows for viewers to appreciate the historical construction of houses and the almost byzantine intimacy of the quarters. The photo appears to have been taken from a bridge that crosses over the canal and the water level at the time is also noted to be quite low. However, noticing that the water marked stones on either side seem to rise for several feet more, it might be assumed that the water level was subject to seasonal influences. A waterway behind rows of houses offers obvious trading advantages; for the buyer, a market will come past one's door and for the seller, the weight in freight becomes moot. Also a boat on the water can be both storefront and home. Additionally, knowing human nature, the canal probably functioned as both a raw sewage and garbage disposal system, as attested to by the heavy film on the water's surface, and the scattered debris on the banks. Also noted, is the construction of the canal; on either side are pilings that probably were driven into the ground as a protection to prevent houses or earth from sliding into the canal. In other pictures that I've recently come across, it seems that the canal system in old Canton was fairly established in its own right, surviving many years and through some very rough times.

The Greatest Naval Deception of the Vietnam War, Part Two

A blow-by-blow account of the critical (and unsung) role of the U.S. Navy in the 1970 Son Tay raid—a story that was buried at the time.

During The Famine Young Child Dying In The Gutter, China [1946] Geroge Silk [RESTORED]

Entitled: During the famine, young child dying in the gutter, China [1946] G Silk [RESTORED] I cleaned a few spots, adjusted contrast and darkened tonality for stronger visual impact, and added a sepia tone. George Silk was a LIFE Magazine staffer, working for them 30 years. He extensively covered many aspects of the second world war, at one point being even captured by the Germans, and then fortunately escaping. He was also the first photographer to document Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Immediately after the war, he was in China recording the poor social conditions and the lack of resources and its devastating effects on the Chinese populace. Whether one reads Anderson's Little Match Girl or sees Takahata's anime adaptation of Nosaka's Grave of the Fireflies one cannot help but be thunderstruck with compassion over the plight of impoverished children, and of China it was no different. In the desperate and unforgiving times of the post war period, China was devastated and its streets overflowed with those least able to fend for themselves. Too young to steal food with sustainable reliability and too old and too many to elicit the short supply of compassion of a war numbed society, child orphans were left to scrape a daily existence from whatever they begged or fought for. More often than not, they lost that fight. This is not a pleasant image, and indeed I was conflicted about even submitting it. However, in the final analysis, painful as it is, it remained an important historic document of the plight that wars bring to people, and the suffering that it engenders. We as a society today cannot help those that have already succumbed to the grinding poverty effects induced by previous wars. However, before we start any new ones, the least that we can do is remember those thousands of starved children, before we in our eager belligerent hubris, inadvertently create more. *** An important note about LIFE MAGAZINE: For those that weren't familiar with the magazine; in its heyday, Life Magazine could be best described as the National Geographic of people and society. From 1936, it offered mostly an intimate and fascinating view, with extensive picture stories or photo essays, into sections of social milieu that Americans could only imagine. Unfortunately, because of the high and rising costs of publishing, it essentially folded in 1972. Sadly, various attempts since then, to bring back this photojournalist's phenomenon (in various forms) met with little success. All is not lost however; in probably one of the most magnanimous gestures that any corporation can make towards public image history, TIME, Inc., the current owners of the former Life Magazine, has offered up its vast photo archives of over TEN MILLION images to be freely available for non commercial use via GOOGLE's Search engine. Photographs can instantly convey a story in a way that words alone cannot. By releasing these pictures for public access, TIME, Inc., has helped to keep our collective history (as seen through Life Magazine) alive for future generations to appreciate. It is rare indeed to see such corporate generosity. In order to search the life photo database, simply go to Google Images, and type in your search term, skip a space and append the following exactly as it appears: source:life