Published in Lessons from History·PinnedMember-onlyHer Photograph Had Been Likened To Leonardo Da Vinci’s Painting Of The Mona Lisa.The Story Of The Afghan Girl. — The photograph above of a girl with piercing green eyes, wearing a red headscarf and looking intently at the camera is a famous photograph taken by a National Geographic Society photographer named Steve McCurry. The photograph appeared on the front cover of National Geographic In June 1985. Steve McCurry was…War5 min read
Published in About Me Stories·PinnedMember-onlyAbout Me — Reginald Ben-HallidayHi! I’m Reggie and I’m single. — I believe the last time I wrote anything about myself was in primary school. I remember vividly coming home one day with an assignment that said, write a composition about myself. I wrote it and submitted it the next day. When my teacher was done marking everyone’s assignments, she returned…About Me4 min read
Published in History of Yesterday·PinnedMember-onlyThe Story of the Napalm Girl and the Photographer Who Saved Her LifeThe Life of Phan Thi Kim Phuc — The picture above depicts soldiers walking behind terrified children, including a naked nine-year-old girl named Phan Thi Kim Phuc, running down a country road after a napalm attack on their village. …History8 min read
Published in History of Yesterday·PinnedMember-onlyThe Famous Photographer Who Took His Own Life After Taking One PhotoThe rise and fall of Kevin Carter — The picture above of a vulture and a starving child is a famous photograph by Kevin Carter. The photograph became known as “The Struggling Girl” and depicted the Sudan famine in 1993. In this photograph, the child (believed to be a girl) was attempting to reach a United Nations feeding…History8 min read
Published in Lessons from History·1 day agoMember-onlyThe Naked GunnerHe dived into perilous waters just to save his colleague. — The black and white photograph above is an iconic image with an interesting tale. It shows a young naked crewman getting back into his position aboard a PBY Catalina Blister US Army Air Force aircraft just minutes after his heroic rescue of a fellow serviceman from the blazing waters of…Heroes3 min read
Published in Lessons from History·4 days agoMember-onlyA $940,000 bounty was placed on the photojournalist who took this photographThe Bloody Saturday. — The Photograph above which shows a baby sitting up and crying amid wreckage is a famous photograph taken by a Chinese photojournalist on the 28th of August 1937. The photograph depicts the battle in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II). Before the photograph was taken, Japanese military…History6 min read
Published in Lessons from History·Jul 20Member-onlyTheir Encounter with the Europeans led to their ExtinctionThe Selk’nam Genocide — The man and the woman carrying a child in the photograph above are natives of a tribe called Selk’nam. These people, with a few of their brothers and sisters, were been captured and taken to Europe to be exhibited in Human Zoos and Circuses. …History5 min read
Published in Lessons from History·Jul 10Member-onlyThe Defiant Look Made Him Look Like A Young Winston ChurchillThe boy did in fact survive the war and became a truck driver. — The photograph above is a famous photograph taken by Toni Frissell during World War II. The boy is the only surviving member of his family after the war. …World War II3 min read
Published in Lessons from History·Jun 21Member-onlyThe Heads Of Their Enemies Were Preserved And Paraded Around Like War Trophies.Maori, Tattoos, and Decapitation — The photograph above has a very interesting tale. The white man you see sitting is Major General Horatio Gordon Robley. The heads surrounding him are preserved heads of Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. The faces of those heads had been decorated by what is called Ta moko tattooing…History5 min read
Published in Lessons from History·Jun 21Member-onlyWhile the Twin Towers in Manhattan Burn, they were SunbathingDid they not care? — The photograph above that shows a group of people chatting under the sun while clouds of smoke float to the sky from the skyscrapers behind them is an iconic photograph taken by Thomas Heopker. Titled View from Williamsburg, Brooklyn on Manhattan 9/11 2001, Depicts the terrorist attacks in the United…History5 min read
