Air combat, or “dogfighting,” has been a defining element of modern warfare since World War I. Pilots who mastered aerial combat and achieved significant numbers of enemy kills are remembered as some ...

« The product of eight years of thought and work, Erich Hartmann's Our Daily Bread is his lyrical tribute to the men and women everywhere whose daily work helps to create the bread which feeds us all ...

Not all heroes of the sky fought the same way. During World War II, two German pilots, Erich Hartmann and Hans-Joachim Marseille, rose above the chaos with unmatched skill and vision. While the war ...

These photographs are a small selection from the first ten years of Erich Hartmann´s photographic career which began in l946 when he arrived in New York City after Army service on the battlefields of ...

Translation of: Jagdflieger Erich Hartmann. siris_sil_447930 ...

Works of Imagination, the October Square Print Sale in partnership with Aperture, brings together a selection of over 100 images by international photographic artists.

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