Heartbreaking! Lalage Snow interviewed and photographed the soldiers of the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland. The 3 photos represent 3 different points in time: before they were sent to Afghanistan, three months into their service, and a few days after they returned home. Their faces in those images above truly reflect the incredibly saddening toll of fighting at war. If you have a few minutes check out the little stories they told after having each of their photos taken. (Just prepare yourself, it's very emotional). Loves, what are your thoughts? xo
P.S: Also,
women are heroes and through a mother's
eyes.
P.P.S:
Fill in the blank.
(via
The Telegraph)
16 comments:
This is so sobering...
I can just see by the faces what the stories might be, I am not strong enough to read them :(
I can't even imagine what they see and go thru. Just having my FIL and my grandpa never talk about WW2 or VN
I know the stories have to be just heartbreaking.
My heart goes out to all of them
And my thanks for keeping us all safe
Amy
Wow, very powerful images.
Stirring and quite moving. Interesting idea as well.
Wow. These are incredible. I have a friend going to school who hopes to help soldiers coming back with post traumatic stress and it sounds like no easy task! What a moving example of the effects of war.
ohh..my thesis was on lost generation and jazz age, I look in their eyes and see that pain, stress, irreparable changes Hemingway and Fitzgerald were writing about.. It's such a shame that people never learn from previous generations' experiences..
hugs
J
Wow, just these photos (without their stories) are emotional!
Off to read the stories... Sadly, we go through our days without thinking about who is fighting for our freedom. Gentle reminders are always necessary. Thank you.
I'm going to read their stories. I hope I'm strong enough.
i am so overwhelmed with this project and photos.thank you for sharing it, i'm looking forward to following the links.
i once worked as a flight attendant and would fly with troops to war (Kuwait) and back... i've never forgotten their faces and stories.... the first time i flew back with a group of troops from war i lost it (many tears)
thanks for bringing back so many powerful memories.
xoxo
Wow. Just... i don't even know what to say. This is incredible.
What a honoring way to actually put a "face" to what is going on and to see how the lives of these men (and women) are forever changed after fighting in a life changing war.
Jess, what a lovely friend and Sage, your comment made me all teary. It had to be very emotional. Just looking at those photos you can totally see how their eyes changed. So sad.
Just looking at the faces side by side it's hard to believe that some of them are of the same person. Those photos are so powerful. You can see their story on there faces.
They look younger and older at the same time in each of the third, but all the photos are shockingly different.
Wow.
Samantha, so true!!!- "You can see their story on there faces"
That's what happens when you fight the Taliban......they will never be beaten....the afghan ppl don't look anything like the photos above....
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