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<blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 2918511" data-attributes="member: 3371"><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_NubmFLRri6YEYpU2uayDIKY_Ay8__fit_in_1440x1440848d86a3c4e02c658a6fb1ae0854cfe5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">An episode after the Battle of Zonnebeke." This image is a composite scene created from multiple negatives. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p></p><p>James Francis “Frank” Hurley was 30 years old when he joined the Australian Imperial Force as an honorary captain and official photographer.</p><p></p><p>Before arriving on the Western Front in August 1917 to document the Third Battle of Ypres, Hurley had been no stranger to photographing under risky conditions. Less than one year earlier, he had returned to civilization after two years stranded on the pack ice of Antarctica with Ernest Shackleton and the crew of the Endurance, a desperate struggle for survival during which he managed to produce a stunning <a href="http://mashable.com/2015/10/10/the-endurance/" target="_blank">set of images.</a></p><p></p><p>Hurley went straight to work upon his arrival at the front lines south and east of the ruined West Flanders city of Ypres, risking life and limb in his efforts to document the conflict.</p><p></p><p>This album of photos from the <a href="http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/" target="_blank">State Library of New South Wales</a> is accompanied by excerpts from Hurley’s diary, in which he describes his experiences in detail, including the horrors he witnesses, the pity he feels for the German soldiers (the “Boche”), his disgust with the war, frustration over his photos and arguments with superiors over the ethics of compositing or posing photos to better represent the war.</p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_Ysunz_YmQKnsfoSFnnUTKbJ32XY__fit_in_1440x14404a2f01cf23bc5d1d679454ee46c66a73.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Infantry marching ahead in single file to the front line."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_an_wVTGlRtN_SQ_LobWG9HlwaZU__fit_in_1440x14408e3c4217e1092272fc49ca46e13e5454.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"The shell shattered areas of Chateau Wood."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_3oJQtrX41QPxI5LJ7H_HqbiVcL8__fit_in_1440x14406594e946a76a2638bcbf69dd15650a67.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Registering up a battery of Australian 'Heavies.'"</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_CEXSM_EF3FzyVeVZ2aPLMVSUKeM__fit_in_1440x144009401ca070f121cd03897224b97ffdbb.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Unloading 15 inch Howitzer shells."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_ytIoGpckKb_vzJSMMujbYmbJlKM__fit_in_1440x1440524c3d8047dfad8bb16e5e37e08f1a4c.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Surrounded by invisible death."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_P8kgiMn2sfdPnYylZCyocBXJe3s__fit_in_1440x144019b6abb43728e414f36d625c0e2c7af7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">'Fix Bayonet.' Australian Infantry preparing to resist a counter attack."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_tKTBrUCKipqR6A4ea6LLqJI9YHs__fit_in_1440x144064b84b1cc570bd8eae5fe85d03c542a3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Shrapnel bursting amongst reconnoitering planes."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_7BzkSnPWkFkSgiHoEV1H9fWBYpA__fit_in_1440x144093d6ffd7a826c8e211952125427bb7aa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Sniping enemy planes with a Lewis gun."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i.amz.mshcdn.com_YtwXVD_ClBX_yDvmvVqRH957vL8__fit_in_1440x14402480cd8de692cf969541f4a045f600b4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">"Scene in an advanced dressing station during a battle."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">Image: Frank Hurley/State Library of New South Wales</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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