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Patrick, your Substack is my favorite of all. Every morning when I see a post notification, I prepare myself for a journey - history and humanity, gut wrenching and hopeful storytelling. Through this newsletter, I learned the power of photojournalism. Today's post is exceptional. When I consider the many horrors of war, I always think of the mothers and grandmothers. We don't really need to see their faces to imagine what they are going through - and to contemplate the senselessness of it all, especially when juxtaposed to the joy of holding your baby for the first time.

Thank you again.

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The pictures are amazing, they capture the pain and the joy. Excellent story.

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They certainly are emotive. Would be interesting to know his honest comments about the Hamas massacre

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Whose comments - mine or the photographer?

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Thank you for your continuing this project. Coincidentally I had just visited that Nachtwey photo yesterday. As they say, History May not repeat, but it certainly rhymes. Thank you.

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Rhymes - that's a great way to put it..

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The contrast is stunning. This is what we call Life ...

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Thank you for featuring these photos, especially Salem's.

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