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Calgacus · November 19th, 2009, 02:31 PM

These are the only colour photographs of the German surrender of World War Two. Sixty-Four years earlier there were being taken by a lowly clerk who hid behind a tree, one Ronald Playforth who was General Bernard Montgomery's clerk since D-Day. The historic items have remained in Mr Playforth's family ever since but have now been made public for the first time as they are being sold at auction.In May 1945, the Nazi high command arrived at Montgomery's HQ at Luneburg Heath, near Hamburg to sign the papers for the surrender of the German armies in Europe. Until now the only images of the momentous occasion in existence are the official black and white ones held by the Imperial War Museum. Playforth was of too low a rank to be present so he crept into the trees and bushes on the perimeter of the HQ tent and took four photographs using colour slides.

Calgacus · November 19th, 2009, 02:34 PM

Benetton Pieta.
Tibor Kalman was an editor and a journalist who believed that he had a moral obligation and a political desire to expose issues and make them as sexy as possible so an audience, “primarily kids, but really everybody“ would look at them. That was why his work with Oliviero Toscani for United Colors of Benetton were extremely jarring and haunting.In November, 1990, while reading Life, Tibor ran across a black-and-white documentary photo. It showed an Ohio family around the bed of David Kirby, a 32-year-old man dying of AIDS in the Ohio State University Hospital in May 1990.Tibor and Benetton approached the Kirby family and the photographer, Therese Frare. Frare's photo was part of a documentary on the lives of clients and caregivers in a hospice for people with AIDS and won the 1991 World Press Photo Award. Benetton contributed generously to an AIDS foundation, with the family's consent. The family approved of the use of the image and came to New York for a press conference. There was a collaborative feeling among all involved. The image of a man dying of AIDS, surrounded by his family (his father, sister and niece), shows the terryfying sight of a body devasted by the HIV virus. For a while, it became a central focus of the AIDS debate. It won the European Art Director Club award for the best 1991 campaign and the Houston International Center of Photography's Infinity Award. In 2003 the photo was included in the Life magazine collection '100 Photos that changed the world'.However, a number of AIDS activists believed that the photograph and its use in advertising actually painted AIDS victims in a negative light. Others perceived the campaign as a vindication of homosexuality. For some there was sensitivity about the implied connection between the deaths of David Kirby and Jesus. Many magazines refused to print it. Yet, in some countries, this photo became the very first campaign to talk about AIDS

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Calgacus Real Horrorshow Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hürtgen Forest Posts: 2,168	These are the only colour photographs of the German surrender of World War Two. Sixty-Four years earlier there were being taken by a lowly clerk who hid behind a tree, one Ronald Playforth who was General Bernard Montgomery's clerk since D-Day. The historic items have remained in Mr Playforth's family ever since but have now been made public for the first time as they are being sold at auction.In May 1945, the Nazi high command arrived at Montgomery's HQ at Luneburg Heath, near Hamburg to sign the papers for the surrender of the German armies in Europe. Until now the only images of the momentous occasion in existence are the official black and white ones held by the Imperial War Museum. Playforth was of too low a rank to be present so he crept into the trees and bushes on the perimeter of the HQ tent and took four photographs using colour slides. Attached Thumbnails __________________ DO NOT OWN CHIMPS.

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Calgacus Real Horrorshow Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hürtgen Forest Posts: 2,168	Benetton Pieta. Tibor Kalman was an editor and a journalist who believed that he had a moral obligation and a political desire to expose issues and make them as sexy as possible so an audience, “primarily kids, but really everybody“ would look at them. That was why his work with Oliviero Toscani for United Colors of Benetton were extremely jarring and haunting.In November, 1990, while reading Life, Tibor ran across a black-and-white documentary photo. It showed an Ohio family around the bed of David Kirby, a 32-year-old man dying of AIDS in the Ohio State University Hospital in May 1990.Tibor and Benetton approached the Kirby family and the photographer, Therese Frare. Frare's photo was part of a documentary on the lives of clients and caregivers in a hospice for people with AIDS and won the 1991 World Press Photo Award. Benetton contributed generously to an AIDS foundation, with the family's consent. The family approved of the use of the image and came to New York for a press conference. There was a collaborative feeling among all involved. The image of a man dying of AIDS, surrounded by his family (his father, sister and niece), shows the terryfying sight of a body devasted by the HIV virus. For a while, it became a central focus of the AIDS debate. It won the European Art Director Club award for the best 1991 campaign and the Houston International Center of Photography's Infinity Award. In 2003 the photo was included in the Life magazine collection '100 Photos that changed the world'.However, a number of AIDS activists believed that the photograph and its use in advertising actually painted AIDS victims in a negative light. Others perceived the campaign as a vindication of homosexuality. For some there was sensitivity about the implied connection between the deaths of David Kirby and Jesus. Many magazines refused to print it. Yet, in some countries, this photo became the very first campaign to talk about AIDS Attached Thumbnails __________________ DO NOT OWN CHIMPS.

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