A Nook of Photos
[nook: a hidden or secluded spot]
Day after day photographs amaze the mind and startle the eye.
Dec 10, 2008
6:32pm
Photographer: Frederic Gadmer, Alasehir, Turkey 8 January 1923.
“In the city of Alasehir, which in antiquity was known as Philadelphia, Greek forces were accused of creating a firestorm that destroyed 70 percent of its buildings. Many perished in the course of the outrage, while desperate survivors sought shelter wherever they could find it—even, as here, in a hollow tree-truck.”
Source: Okuefuna, D., (2008), The Dawn of the Colour Photograph, Albert Kahn’s archives of the Planet, Princeton University Press.
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Dec 10, 2008
6:32pm
Photographer: Frederic Gadmer, Alasehir, Turkey 8 January 1923.
“In the city of Alasehir, which in antiquity was known as Philadelphia, Greek forces were accused of creating a firestorm that destroyed 70 percent of its buildings. Many perished in the course of the outrage, while desperate survivors sought shelter wherever they could find it—even, as here, in a hollow tree-truck.”
Source: Okuefuna, D., (2008), The Dawn of the Colour Photograph, Albert Kahn’s archives of the Planet, Princeton University Press.
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