Robert Capa © International Center of Photography Young women being trained as Nationalist Chinese soldiers. After having lost Shanghai and Nankijng to the Japanese troops, Chang Kai Shek retreated to Hankou, where he resisted until late 1938. Han (...)
kou, Hubei, China. March, 1938. © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Susan Meiselas Dr. Clyde Snow, internationally known forensic anthropologist, holds the blindfolded skull of an executed male teenager estimated to be between 15-18 years old. The skull was found with two bullet (...)
holes in his head. Kurdistan, Northern Iraq, December 1991. © Susan Meiselas | Magnum Photos
Robert Capa Members of the United States Air Force 301'st Bomber group, after a daylight mission.
The plane's landing gear had been shot away, but the pilot managed to make a successful belly landing. World W (...)
ar II. Constantine, Algeria. May 1943. ICP 498 © Robert Capa © International Center of Photography | Magnum Photos
Peter van Agtmael A U.S. Blackhawk helicopter lands at the Ranch House, a small American outpost deep in the
mountains of eastern Afghanistan. There were no decent roads and all medevacs, re-supply and transport we (...)
re done by helicopter. Blackhawks were in short supply, forcing the U.S. military to turn to outside contractors. They
rented ex-Soviet helicopters, rickety and ancient and known as “Jingle Air.” They came with
pilots, some of whom had served in the Russian Army during the previous war in Afghanistan.
They were storied figures, legendary for their bravery under fire and rumoured to be heavy vodka drinkers in flight. Waigul Valley, Nuristan. Afganistan. 2007. © Peter van Agtmael | Magnum Photos