{"id":23778,"date":"2009-05-27T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T07:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/uncategorized\/photographers-mystery-war-photos-spark-appeal-23778"},"modified":"2014-09-02T17:25:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T16:25:17","slug":"photographers-mystery-war-photos-spark-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/photographers-mystery-war-photos-spark-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Photographer&#8217;s mystery war photos spark appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A newspaper&#8217;s quest to identify soldiers featured in recently discovered photos from the First World War has prompted an urgent appeal for help.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Independent<\/em> is urging the public to &#8216;help it solve the mysteries of unknown soldiers&#8217; featured in 270 photos that have turned up in a French barn.<\/p>\n<p>The images &#8211; found among a stash of glass plates &#8211; have been printed, scanned and digitally stored, having previously been destined for the rubbish bin, according to the newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Their origin is shrouded in mystery and the questions they raise are manifold,&#8217; the newspaper tells readers via its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/exclusive-the-unseen-photographs-that-throw-new-light-on-the-first-world-war-1688443.html\" title=\"The Independent website\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The photos are believed to have been captured by a French amateur photographer between 1915-16.<\/p>\n<p>It is thought that the soldiers would have paid the photographer to take their portraits which would have been sent to families back home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sometimes, the Tommies are snapped individually in front of the same battered door or in a pear and apple orchard,&#8217; reports the paper.<\/p>\n<p>For further details &#8211; and to view some of the images &#8211; visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/europe\/exclusive-the-unseen-photographs-that-throw-new-light-on-the-first-world-war-1688443.html\" title=\"The Independent website\">The Independent website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A newspaper&#8217;s quest to identify soldiers featured in recently discovered photos from the First World War has prompted an urgent appeal for help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":323,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"product-category":[],"class_list":["post-23778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - 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