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Follow on Google News | Christmas Truces Bring Brief Peace for WWI Soldiers 100 Years AgoPhoto from The Hidden World of WWI Gives Poignant Reminder of Centenary
By: Jeffrey Gusky Doctor, artist and explorer Jeff Gusky shares a photo depicting a soldier’s wish for peace from The Hidden World of WWI (http://www.jeffgusky.com) According to one blog, “The rank-and-file soldiers spontaneously arranged informal cease-fires with enemy soldiers in the trenches opposite them and, in many cases, met in the No Man’s Land between the trenches to socialize with each other, singing carols, exchanging small gifts and burying the dead (and in some instances, even playing soccer or taking photographs together).” (source: FishWrap (http://blog.newspapers.com/ About The Hidden World of WWI The Hidden World of WWI is a treasure trove of thousands of photographs of an underground world frozen in time nearly 100 years ago. There, in forgotten underground rock quarries, some dating back to medieval times, WWI soldiers created cities complete with electricity, rail systems, housing, churches, hospitals and art –inscriptions that capture how soldiers from different countries escaped intense trench warfare. You can find samples of the collection at www.JeffGusky.com. Follow The Hidden World of WWI on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ About the artist Jeffrey Gusky, M.D., FACEP, lives two lives —one as a rural emergency physician and the other as a fine-art photographer and explorer. He is a National Geographic photographer and works on assignment for The New York Times. Two books of black-and-white photography, multiple national exhibitions including the pairing of his work with the Spanish master Francisco de Goya and the legendary early 20th Century photographer Roman Vishniac, inclusion in a Broadway play and the honor of a Gusky traveling exhibition being ranked by Artnet Magazine on its 2009 list of the top 20 museum shows in America mark Jeff Gusky’s fine-art career. He explores the world—photographing traces of the past that reveal how modern life affects our humanity and that inspire us to ask questions about the vulnerabilities of modern life that we have forgotten how to ask. Press kit photos: http://jeffgusky.photoshelter.com/ For more information, contact: Karen Carrera, TrizCom, (m) 972.207.1935, karen@trizcom.com Katie Hill, TrizCom, (o) 972-247-1369, katie@trizcom.com End
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