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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 09:14 PM Mar 2017

Amazing poignant photograph




afpphotoAFP Photo By Joseph Eid --- Aleppo's collector wants to treat his classic cars "damaged" by the war --- Pictures taken on March 9, 2017, shows vintage cars parked outside the home of Mohammad Mohiedine Anis in Aleppo's formerly rebel-held al-Shaar neighborhood.

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Amazing poignant photograph (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2017 OP
Mislabeled photo Warpy Mar 2017 #1
If you click on the link there are several photos after this one n2doc Mar 2017 #2
This is one in a series of photos at the link. madaboutharry Mar 2017 #3
My heart aches for this man (as it does for all innocent victims of war)... WePurrsevere Mar 2017 #4

Warpy

(111,319 posts)
1. Mislabeled photo
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 09:20 PM
Mar 2017

but I think we know what the real caption is, "man enjoys a moment of peace inside the wreckage that was once his life."

n2doc

(47,953 posts)
2. If you click on the link there are several photos after this one
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 09:23 PM
Mar 2017

Several with him and his cars. I don't know why the first pic has that label, but it seems to be a photoessay of sorts.

madaboutharry

(40,216 posts)
3. This is one in a series of photos at the link.
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 09:26 PM
Mar 2017

If you go to the link, there are photos of this same man with his ruined cars.

This photo, however, is a piece of art.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
4. My heart aches for this man (as it does for all innocent victims of war)...
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 10:01 PM
Mar 2017

Going from what looks like may have been a happy comfortable life to living in a bombed out building, reliving his life in memories and just trying to survive.

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