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Conway’s The War at Sea in Photographs, 1939-1945

By Stuart Robertson , Stephen Dent

Book information

Publisher
Conway Maritime Press
Year
2007
ISBN
1844860450
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
81 MB (85277225 bytes)
Pages
243\243
Time added
2017-10-17 05:49:12

Description

The small, lightweight, 35mm cameras that were available by the time of the Second World War revolutionised war photography. Unencumbered by heavy equipment, including tripods and photographic plates, the photographer could now get much closer to the action and respond instinctively to changing situations, shooting a series of pictures on a single film. Although their smaller format meant that technically the images were usually less sharp and more grainy, this tonal harshness gave the pictures a gritty realism and immediacy. And with the easing of censorship, the photographers were able to publish unflinching images of conflict and the catastrophic consequences of war as never before

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