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[–] nslatz 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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 22 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

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 10 points 6 months ago

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

[–] CurlyMoustache 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That lawnmower looks like a hoover

[–] CurlyMoustache 3 points 6 months ago

Beats raking, I guess

[–] Crashumbc 4 points 6 months ago

They look staged as fuck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Their ether? No; the guy has a rifle.

[–] FireTower 3 points 6 months ago

Swipe text typo fixed it.