October 19, 2011

Pride

Some stay home, some go to sea.

Sydney, Australia
1945, photographer Alan Evans
which is a frankly amazing site once you start digging

5 comments:

Steph(anie) said...

A terrific photo and sort of heartbreaking.

A said...

What a story...

That Hank said...

Sometimes I like to think of what the photographer thought when he or she developed the photo the first time. I hope this was exactly what that person wanted, because it's wonderful.

May said...

This haunts me. In a good and shivery way.

That Hank said...

What gets me is the men on the ship, looking back.