Machine Gunner by Omen555
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This Photo gallery is full of nothing but beauty and I had mixed emotions about posting this next series of personal photographs along side your beautiful images, but my longing to share them with the open-minded won me over. Some will say my photographs are not art and do not belong in a gallery. Judge for yourself. I leave the comment box open. These next several photographs are ones I took with a simple Kodak Disc camera.
Panama December 1989
PFC Frank Miller 555th "triple nickel" Military Police Co.
Cocky, young, stupid...and this is what I saw.
Comments (7)
DigitalArtist
First person view of what military life is all about :D....thanks for sharing Omen!
bonbon
its nice to see what the view was like.... thank u for sharing,frank tis very personal
aprilgem
I was once asked to scan a bunch of Vietnam war pictures -- mostly candids of those in the crew hanging out on the ship next to the weapons or playing football on the beach with their military helmets off to the side -- but it wasn't until the people were named, the years of their deaths stated, the dreams and goals they held before they died retold, that I began to see the images in a different light. They may not look like much, and they might not look "beautiful", but military pictures have more story and feeling to them than is apparent to the average person. To someone who can say, "That's an M60, and it shoots 7.62mm ammunition," these pictures are probably more than art and history combined. Thanks for sharing.
Marshmallowpie
There is nothing wrong with sharing images like these..life isn't all sheer poetic beauty. Photography is all about depicting different aspects of life isn't it?
Syyd
All aspects of an idea are important..it is the idea that is planted, and thus a seed grows, it provokes, it wrestles with dirt and cold, and poor light, and then one day it is seen, and felt and heard. Images like these are as important as beauty, and beauty itself is in the eye of those who behold it....just like truth. To provocate a thought is the single most important accomplishment and sometimes the hardest to do, and sometimes thoughts are not classically beauteous either. I welcome you and your work, not that I am anyone to be welcoming another, but you know I how I feel at least.
Omen555
Wonderfully insightful and emotional responses. To be honest, I didn't wrestle too hard with the idea of whether or not to post them. I would have done it regardless of the reactions. A very interesting "side-effect" to posting these images of personal symbolism is that the pictures somehow seem slightly justified now. The mark we leave upon this World is the single most important thing we can do. I have affected you and in turn, you have affected me... This is our species at one of it's better moments, right here and now.
XvX-VIPER-XvX
awesome images... would love to see more