Sunday, June 22, 2014

Old Photographs With Haunting, Sinister Quality

Photography is very powerful. We are all familiar with the saying that a picture is worth one thousand words.

Well, these pictures from the days of Nazi Germany can be evidence of this.

They hold a mysterious, as well as somewhat sinister, quality to them. They are black and white, and have a somewhat grainy quality to them. But, generally speaking, you can see what is going on, and that lends them a haunting quality.

Take a look for yourself:



NAZI-ERA SNAPSHOTS AND THE BANALITY OF EVIL By Roc Morin May 13 2014

http://www.vice.com/read/nazi-era-snapshots-and-the-banality-of-evil

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