Very sad to hear of this.
Tony Vaccaro was a GI who photographed his experience during World War 2.
He documented his liberation of Saint Briac sur Mer, the village we hail from in Brittany.
Tony Vacarro, who was known for his searing photos during World War II, and for his work as a fashion, travel and celebrity photographer for America’s leading magazines, has died at 100. https://t.co/UgP5Zw8lrp
@journeyingjohn@edthetechie I'm very sorry to see this. I am looking after my sick mother.
I recently came across his site, https://t.co/hGnI77l0JS , while researching a (fictional) project. It appears to have gone offline in recent days. He clearly worked hard on it. It would be a pity if it disappeared.
Below is a THREAD with some shorter clips of the most important messages from my boys’ interview regarding their father’s incarceration.
Please share if you can.
1) His conditions in jail
Story of Huda: a girl raped in Assad's prison.🧵
"I was among dozens of Palestinian girls detained by the regime. I was arrested by members of the Popular Front, then handed over to security forces....
@NJ_Timothy From the geniuses who thought that sovereignty was about heads on coins and not, say, our nuclear deterrent; which they sold down the river.
@RupertMyers He's in the same frame, given that the US has threatened to annex two of its neighbours.
We all know about the Khamenei etc but it seems that many good people, such as yourself, have yet to grasp the new reality.
@NJ_Timothy The UK exported £370 million worth of steel to the US in 2024, no need to get hysterical.
But something something Milliband, something something "Net Zero zealotry" and a Tory calling for nationalisation.
https://t.co/9sOJhgpbne
@Councillorsuzie Were you to stand any chance of winning, you would have answered that question when you were running. That, FYI, is how you win elections.
And the fact that you STILL don't have an answer, despite being literally the best placed person in London, is probs the main reason he won
@clairlemon "Shrieking lefties...."
It's the mindset that comes up with that, as opposed to things like the national interest, that Putin has so adeptly exploited.
💥Imagine the howls heard around the world had Joe Biden engaged in direct talks with Hamas behind Netanyahu's back. Biden was accused of being an agent of Hamas for far less. But Netanyahu's men tremble before Trump.
@piersmorgan I think he meant longest serving dictator.
Lukashenko doesn't represent his people, he oppresses them. He doesn't care what they think.
Don't be a collaborator Mr Morgan.