[카테고리:] Behind The Lens
The Ethnic Cleansing of the Jews
In 1933, two Nazi theorists formulated their own responses to the “Jewish Question”, an anti-Semitic belief that stated the existence of Jews in Germany posed a problem for the German state. Johann von Leers and Achim Gercke put forward the…
Born in Slavery
“How strange it is that anybody should believe any human being could be a slave, and yet be contented! I do not believe that there ever was a slave, who did not long for liberty. I know very well that…
The Confederation, Slavery and the American Civil War
As the American Civil War drew to a conclusion in May 1865, Southerners were aware of the humiliation they had suffered, alongside the death and destruction the War had inflicted on their towns, families and homes. Emerging first in the…
Portraits of the Dispossessed
The term “Indian” is said to have been coined by none other than Christopher Columbus, the Italian voyager who used the term to refer to the original inhabitants of the American continent. After a ten-week expedition across the Atlantic, Columbus…
Colourised Photos From the Civil Rights Movement
2020 has been a historical year for race relations. The murder of George Floyd has resurfaced the deep structural inequalities faced by African Americans in the United States. From racism, violence, political disenfranchisement and poverty, the African American experience has been…
Romanovs and the Russian Empire
Established in the year 1721, the Russian Empire was the third largest empire in human history, spanning twenty to point eight million kilometres and ruled by the House of Romanovs for over three hundred years. Russia during this time functioned…