I recently came across these two images in a book of photographs from The New York Times. I found myself flipping between the two for a while in a bit of a daze. They represent such different worlds and I was a bit uncomfortable, or somehow ashamed of the privilege and comfort, knowing that I belonged to the first.
Left: Beatlemaniacs on the Loose, August 28, 1964. Carl T. Gossett, Jr./The New York TImes
“A group of Beatlemaniacs waiting outside Delmonico’s Park Avenue and 59th Street, across the street from the hotel, hoping to see their heroes (?). The kids wave and scream at the hotel which houses the Beatles.”
Right: Dejection, July 26, 1947. Associated Press.
“A girl member of guerilla forces opposing Greek troops in Macedonia, slumps dejectedly in a truck bringing her to Kozane after her capture, July 26, during guerilla raid on village of Grevena in which more than 100 members of attacking force were killed. Man on stretcher at left died during trip.”
