A photographic display of the post-WWII era

My student Laura was trolling around on the Internet recently and came across this link:


http://community.livejournal.com/everyday_i_show/85173.html 


The photographs are by Henri Cartier-Bresson and they beautifully illustrate many of the themes we are studying in Chapter 14 of our text entitled, "Twentieth-Century Political and Cultural Ferment." I think the photos are overly representative of life in Europe and the United States, but the Cold War certainly complicated travel. The picture of the student demonstration in China is beautiful.


For those that need the warning, one of the pictures at the end does display full nudity.  As Laura said: "I highly suggest you check it out, there are pictures of things I just read in chapter 14!!"  I agree, and I think photography is a powerful way to depict historical themes. These photographs hauntingly illustrate some of the most complex, terrifying and beautiful moments in the 20th century-- they are not to be missed. 


Here is a teaser: