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[–] nslatz@lemmy.world 0 points 8 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@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 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.

[–] CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

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