Saturday, March 21, 2015

Pictures from the Middle East

What souvenirs do you think that you would you bring back from War?

The following photos were among those in my Grandfather's photo album.  Allan Scott fought in the Middle East in 1942 and 1943, during World War II.

Were the photos purchased overseas?  Or elsewhere? (the writing on them is in English)

Were they a souvenir of his time in the Middle East?  Or were they a reminder of the terrain?

We will never know the history behind the pictures but my research has revealed that they are copies of well known photos, which were made into postcards.

Rest in the Desert
By  Lehnert and Landrock in the 1920s


A Lookout into the Desert
By  Lehnert and Landrock in the 1920s

Desert Women
By  Lehnert and Landrock in the 1920s

Lookout in the Desert
By  Lehnert and Landrock in the 1920s

Oasis in the Desert
By  Lehnert and Landrock in the 1920s


The Prayer in the Desert
By  Lehnert and Landrock in the 1920s

The passage in the Desert
By  Lehnert and Landrock in the 1920s



Ocean Desert, Algeria 1910
By Rudolf Lehnert

Prayer in the Tunisian Desert 1910
By  Lehnert and Landrock in the 1920s

Bedouins in the Desert
by Roberto De Bernardi
"Photography was for Lehnert a timeless art. A questionable quotation of Lehnert will certainly become true when he predicted that people will still remember his pictures after 200 years" 1

Sources
1 http://lehnertandlandrock.net/history.html
http://www.artvalue.com/

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9 comments:

  1. They are beautiful cards for sure. I'm getting thirsty just looking at them -- glad for that oasis. I hope it wasn't a mirage.

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  2. Stark but beautiful pictures. The one of the oasis is amazing. I've always wondered if they really popped right up out of the middle of miles of sand dunes. Obviously, they do!

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  3. Thanks for a very unusual collection of beautiful photos.

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  4. Stunning Photographs.The Strength Shines Through.Thank You For Sharing .

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  5. Oh my yes, I would bring these back. What lovely and incredible captures each and every single one!

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  6. The desert was once a mystery except to natives and explorers, and then photographers came who could say more with a camera than a thousand writers.

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  7. Both remember them and admire them. Thank you for bringing them to our attention

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  8. Intriguing. Your grandfather perhaps felt that these photographs epitomised the beauty of the desert and its people as he experienced it during his service there.

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  9. Not a drop to drink. But then camels can last so long without. Super photos.

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