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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Taken by British photographer Arthur S. Mole and his American colleague John D. Thomas after World War I, these shots are part of Mole's "living photographs" collection. Used as a tool for patriotism during the war time, the photographers recreated American symbols by coordinating the movement of as many as 30,000 soldiers in an open field. To line up the soldiers, Mole and Thomas drew outlines of each symbol on the lenses of the cameras, truly a remarkable feat if you consider the type of technology available during that time.
These images come via Lifelounge
You can find the rest of the collection at the Hammer Gallery.
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