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The word Quipu is derived from a Quechua word meaning 'knot' or 'to knot'. [16] The terms quipu and khipu are simply spelling variations on the same word.Quipu is the traditional spelling based on the Spanish orthography, while khipu reflects the recent Quechuan and Aymaran spelling shift.
The direction of the shadows in photos 280 and 281 of the cremation pits, taken in the West-South-West in relation to the shooting, and the August light, indicate that these photos were taken between 3 and 4 pm. [21] This suggests that it is the same transport photographed before and after the same gassing. [22]
Bodies on the battlefield at Antietam, 1862, Alexander Gardner. War photography involves photographing armed conflict and its effects on people and places. Photographers who participate in this genre may find themselves placed in harm's way, and are sometimes killed trying to get their pictures out of the war arena.
Construction started in June 1939, only two months before the outbreak of World War II. [6] The spot was chosen carefully; most of the concrete bunkers were built on hills overlooking a swampy Narew River valley. They could be reached either through direct assault through the swamps or by attack along the causeway leading from the bridge in Wizna.
The photographs the unit produced were used as the basis for at least two contemporary books: Power In the Pacific – compiled by Steichen to accompany an exhibition by the same title at the Museum of Modern Art [4] The Blue Ghost – a record of Steichen's November 1943 tour on board the USS Lexington. [5]
Was primarily used as a naval gun, however, also saw use as coastal defence and fortification 8-inch gun M1888: 203 mm (8 in) Coastal defence and fortification United States: Saw little service in the war, was primarily used in World War I: 8-inch Mk. VI railway gun: 203 mm (8 in) Railway gun United States: Was a variation of the 8-inch M1888
Some photographs were taken by the camp prisoners themselves, for example by Wilhelm Brasse [11] or Francisco Boix, working as aides for their Nazi overseers. [5] There were also photographs taken in the ghettos by their Jewish inhabitants, some with official permission, some in secrecy as an act of defiance and for evidence purposes. [12]
According to Paul Fussell, pictures showing this type of activity, i.e. boiling human heads, "were taken (and preserved for a lifetime) because the Marines were proud of their success". [ 14 ] According to Weingartner, some of the U.S. marines who were about to take part in the Guadalcanal Campaign were looking forward to collecting Japanese ...