Juha Arvid Helminen is Finnish photographer who currently resides at Helsinki/Lahti, Finland. Besides other work of his, I find his black on black work the most amusing. Looking at these pictures makes me a bit uncomfortable, not really sure why but probably has something to do with the whole black fetish nazi thing, tight-lacing, and uniforms. But for the most part I think its the mystery factor of these pictures that suck me right into them. Check out the rest of them after the break… [ Continue Reading ]

Arthur Mole and John Thomas are a photographing duo from the early 20th century. Not only that but they organized soldiers en masse to create different formations to be photographed from above. How many soldiers, you ask? Only, like, 25 000. [ Continue Reading ]

There is something about World War 2 that has always fascinated me. I think it’s the stories, the clothes, the technology, the passion that interests me about this particular war.  Being raised in America I have seen plenty of pictures and movies about the war being fought on the American side and I am glad that there are still movies being produced that tell the story of the brave. But being of Russian descent, World War 2 pictures from the Russian side hold a certain value to me, especially since my grandfather was a soldier in the Soviet army, and was killed in action. [ Continue Reading ]