Louder Than Words: Photographs Become Symbols of the Struggle for Peace

We offer you to deviate from the news feed and take a look at the images that have gone down in history as symbols of the struggle for peace. Behind each of these photos is a touching and inspiring story.

This kiss has become a symbol of the end of the war. The photo was taken by photographer Alfred Eisenstadt on August 14, 1945, when President Truman declared victory over Japan. Photo shows US sailor Glenn McDuffie kissing nurse Edith Shane. Worldwide, the picture was called “Kiss in Times Square”, while the author himself called it “Unconditional Surrender”.

52 years ago, in March 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged a prone protest at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam. The newly married couple took advantage of the interest in their marriage and invited journalists to their bedroom, from which all the furniture was taken out, except for the double bed, and posters were hung. Thus, the couple wanted to draw attention to the Vietnam War, demanding peace and non-violence.

Lady Dee has been called the queen of human hearts for a reason: during her lifetime she did her best to help people in need, solve social problems and fight injustice. Among his actions, there are many that delight the world to this day. And this picture was taken by one of them.

In 1997, shortly before her death, Princess Diana flew to Angola, where a civil war was in full swing and the country was littered with mines. People moved around the city – men, women, children – with amputated limbs. Then, wearing a HALO-TRUST body armor and bulletproof mask, Princess Diana walked through a pre-cleared field – to protest the use of weapons. Despite the pitch no longer posing a threat, Lady Dee admitted her jaw was cramped in fear.

In 2003, the group tATu went on tour in America, then at war in Iraq. Then the artists were strictly forbidden to speak on the subject of war, threatening that in this case they would immediately turn off the microphones or start advertising.

And the girls acted differently: they appeared in comedian Jay Leno’s night show in T-shirts with the inscription “Fuck the war”. Then, at the time, nobody understood anything, but the next day, all of America knew the translation of this very sentence.

Jimmy Kimmel’s show was next, and Katya and Yulia were banned from wearing those T-shirts. Then they came out in other T-shirts, now with the inscription “Censored” (Russian “Censored”), although Volkova could not resist and wrote a swear word directly on the presenter’s hand.

Such courage won the hearts of Americans, and anti-war rallies immediately took place, where people protested in T-shirts with the famous phrase. And the music magazine Rolling Stones decided to perpetuate the slogan in the name of peace and invited Russian artists to participate in a photo shoot.

Make love, not war (in Russian “Make love, not war”) is an expression known all over the world. And in 2011 she had one of the most striking illustrations. The photo was taken during the riots in Vancouver, which were organized by fans of the hockey club “Canucks” after the defeat in the game for the Stanley Cup. The police had to disperse the crowd with harsh methods. So, the Canadian Alex Thomas fell under the cast: the girl fell on the asphalt, and her boyfriend, not lost, lay down next to her and kissed her beloved.

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