Female IRA partisan with an AR-18, 1973

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nslatz@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y (8 replies)

Colman Doyle's 1973 photo of a woman IRA volunteer in Belfast became one of most iconic shots of the Troubles: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/0616/1147804-troubles-northern-ireland-colman-doyle-photo-woman-ira-belfast-1973/

FireTower@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y (7 replies)

Reminds me of this famous picture too:

I find it funny that they're either obviously staged or the photographer is standing in an awfully precarious location.

nslatz@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

Belfast was an awfully precarious location when this was taken in 1987.

CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

It looks just as absurd as the situation was. Here's a picture by Philip Jones Griffiths:

governorkeagan@lemdro.id · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

That lawnmower looks like a hoover

CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Beats raking, I guess

Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

They look staged as fuck

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Their ether? No; the guy has a rifle.

FireTower@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Swipe text typo fixed it.

CaptDust@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y

That's hardcore