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\nTerence Sumner Kirk, a former World War II prisoner of war who built a pinhole camera from cardboard scraps and used smuggled-in photo supplies to snap photographs of fellow malnourished Marines, has died. He was 89.<\/p>\n
Risking a certain death sentence if he was caught by Japanese soldiers, Mr. Kirk built a pinhole camera from scraps of cardboard and used smuggled-in photo supplies to snap priceless photographs of prison life so the horrors could not be forgotten.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Continue reading<\/a> at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n
Kirk wrote a book about his experience, The Secret Camera<\/a>, which is available for US $30 from Owl Wise Publishing<\/a>.<\/p>\n
This is exactly why photography isn’t only good for art or family keepsakes, but can have a huge social impact. Don’t you think that Holocaust-deniers would have an easier time of it without photography? The officers who beat Rodney King? Tiananmen Square<\/a>? The right to photograph and video is important!<\/p>\n
Via Pinhole Visions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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