The military and armed conflicts attracted photographers from the earliest of years. Due to technical limitations however such as bulky equipment,wet plate processes that were non-conducive for capturing ANY movement[hence all those stiff Victorian necks and facial expressions in those earliest of photos!]and even the non-permanency of the earliest developing/fixing chemicals used very few interesting genre photos exist today. Nevertheless with the rise of the history of photography after 1945 in North America (though such formalist/academic history had been ongoing in Europe for decades) increasing attention has been paid to searching for,preserving and publishing "old historical photos" of all kinds. Fortunatley the armed forces and armed conflicts have been part of this post-World War II interest. This page will be dedicated to commemorating and furnishing information including links to military/war photographers,photographs and related topics. The interrelationships between photography,art,illustration and the mass media will not be ignored despite being already well covered.