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You need to see this.

It’s funny how true it is that perception is reality … some comments on the Digg post linked to this article have joked about how they thought the world itself was black and white till the 1960s, but behind the joke lies the truth that black and white photography, often formal and stilted or grainy and blurred, only serves as a wedge between the present and the past generations. These pictures help the WWII era come alive in stark color photography—the people depicted here are no more than human for having lived back then, but are also certainly no less.

In addition to the original link, see also a more vast archive (that is unfortunately somewhat more cumbersome to use).

read more | digg story

You need to see this.

It’s funny how true it is that perception is reality … some comments on the Digg post linked to this article have joked about how they thought the world itself was black and white till the 1960s, but behind the joke lies the truth that black and white photography, often formal and stilted or grainy and blurred, only serves as a wedge between the present and the past generations. These pictures help the WWII era come alive in stark color photography—the people depicted here are no more than human for having lived back then, but are also certainly no less.

In addition to the original link, see also a more vast archive (that is unfortunately somewhat more cumbersome to use).

read more | digg story