"Baldo" is a sensitive talented boy. His father made an effort to give him a good education, above the minimum prescribed by the law, and encouraged him to learn how to play the accordeon. A year a (...)
go, there was the National Competition for accordionists in the city of Ancona not far away. Baldo's father made it possible for him to attend and he won a prize. Umbria, Italy. 1951. © David Seymour / Magnum Photos
Gen X boy, Rudolf Kesslau, former member of the Nazi youth organization and soldier, walking to work at a coal mine.
The slogan on the wall says: OHNE UNS (leave us out), and refers to the attitud (...)
e that he and many others of his generation in Germany felt about politics. Essen, Germany. 1951. © Robert Capa / International Center of Photography / Magnum Photos
Gerda Schwemmer, 20 years old. "During the last carnival season, I went to six different costume parties. I mostly wore a black leotard that I had decorated with a red mouth and a wire spiral. Thom (...)
as threw this party in his room in Schwabing." © Munich, Germany. 1951. Herbert List / Magnum Photos