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Kodaking War: Photographs as Art?

Kodaking War: Photographs as Art?

by Carla-Jean Stokes | Jul 6, 2020 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society | 2 comments

by Sarah Hart This article is part of the Canadian Military History Colloquium Web Series, created to provide an online space for papers which otherwise would have been presented at the 31st Canadian Military History Colloquium, if not for this year’s...
The Curious Case of Wilfred Beckett Birt

The Curious Case of Wilfred Beckett Birt

by Carla-Jean Stokes | May 31, 2018 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society | 1 comment

The Curious Case of Wilfred Beckett Birt by Carla-Jean Stokes   Martin Gilbert describes the Great War battles of 1915 as “the continuing failure of the Entente.” John Keegan examines that same year in a chapter entitled, “stalemate,” and Stuart Robson—mincing no...
Photography on the Front Lines (Part 4): the Second World War

Photography on the Front Lines (Part 4): the Second World War

by Carla-Jean Stokes | Nov 25, 2016 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society | 3 comments

Photography on the Front Lines (Part 4): The Second World War by Carla-Jean Stokes In previous posts, I discussed war photography’s emergence in the Crimean War, the American Civil War, and the First World War. This post examines the formation of the Canadian Army...
Photography on the Front Lines (Part 2): Canada’s Official Photography of the First World War

Photography on the Front Lines (Part 2): Canada’s Official Photography of the First World War

by Carla-Jean Stokes | Jun 19, 2014 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series, War and Society | 0 comments

In response to a 1917 exhibition of Canadian military war photographs, the Ottawa Journal stated, “there is a relentless verity about them that eats up the thousands of miles between Canada and the firing line, and brings a man to see the brunt that the fellows…are...
Photography on the Front Lines (Part 1): Crimea and the U.S. Civil War

Photography on the Front Lines (Part 1): Crimea and the U.S. Civil War

by Carla-Jean Stokes | Feb 26, 2014 | LCSC, War & Society Web Series | 0 comments

The desire to document war through images has been an integral aspect of conflict for thousands of years. Scenes of battle are found on ancient funerary objects or triumphal arches and columns. Throughout the Renaissance and early modern period, wars were documented...

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