In the year 1605 "Johan Carolus" from Strasbourg had presented
the world's first newspaper ever in print. Two centuries later, invention of photography
came to announce the birth of what has been called, photojournalism.
Since then, it was a true revolution in how mankind is reading, seeing and
watching the news of the whole world ever. Nothing is still a secret and the world is
becoming to appear smaller and smaller each day. (not to mention of course the
recent telecommunication revolution concerning the speed of news transfer).
Which enabled photography to give us a true visual news (images) of present
events no matter how far they are.
Yet photography was and still has this ability of capturing tiny friction of continuous
action in ever-lasting separate frames that you can stare at as long as you want. It may
tell you (and hold from within) something unique, long after the photo and the event
itself have become very much history.
Look at the photo below of president Gamal Abel Nasser (which was almost one
of his very last) only hours before he passed away (September 28th 1970). Notice how
his left hand was curled? He was starting to feel chest pain already due to
the effort he exerted for one hectic week during the Arab league meetings
that were held in Cairo. The exhaustion and pain were also apparent on his face.
The Photo only held (for us) more significant meaning afterwards, not before!
Yet it had it from within all the time.
President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
If photography tells about present and tells more about past and history, could it hold
the power of telling the future?!
Is there something we can call a photo mythology. That seems to be far from logical
thinking, as most people think of photos as they are just copies of
what was once reality. However, some tribal people in some parts of the world
believe that camera has the ability of capturing and holding their own souls in form of
photos, and that's why they refuse to be photographed.
The photo puzzle!
Amazingly, I came across two war-photos that not only they captured my attention for
their identical resemblance, but also for the impression and questions they raised into
my mind.
Putting the pieces all together in one wider and bigger photo puzzle made me even
wonder more.
The photos tell a story of two different wars, two different eras, two different
motivations, same behavior, same attitude and one known result. Could we speculate the
unknown and fill in the missing part of the puzzle?
Is it only a mere mathematical logical speculation?
Or a myth from within the photos?
Or is it only my imagination?
Or are they only photos..
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Hany el Zorkany.
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