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[-] nslatz@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago

Colman Doyle's 1973 photo of a woman IRA volunteer in Belfast became one of most iconic shots of the Troubles: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0616/1147804-troubles-northern-ireland-colman-doyle-photo-woman-ira-belfast-1973/

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 22 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Reminds me of this famous picture too:

I find it funny that they're either obviously staged or the photographer is standing in an awfully precarious location.

[-] nslatz@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Belfast was an awfully precarious location when this was taken in 1987.

[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

It looks just as absurd as the situation was. Here's a picture by Philip Jones Griffiths:

[-] governorkeagan@lemdro.id 9 points 10 months ago

That lawnmower looks like a hoover

[-] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Beats raking, I guess

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

They look staged as fuck

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Their ether? No; the guy has a rifle.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Swipe text typo fixed it.

[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago

That's hardcore

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