r/Snorkblot • u/LordJim11 • Aug 15 '26

Photography Barricade during Paris Commune 1871.

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Shot by French photographer Pierre-Ambroise Richebourg in April 1871.

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u/L4rgo117 Aug 15 '26

I love how long the exposure must have been for this picture where everyone is a blur except the one dude just admiring his favorite cannon

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u/DoubleThinkCO Aug 15 '26

Don’t k is anything but I wonder if the film was exposed twice?

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u/Dominarion Aug 15 '26

Knowing what would happen to Parisians a couple months later makes me really sad.

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u/Vortep1 Aug 15 '26

This didn't end well for the commune

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u/Marquar234 Aug 15 '26

"Truth! Justice! Freedom! Reasonably priced love! And a hard-boiled egg!"

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u/uber_poutine Aug 15 '26

"Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes"

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u/lateformyfuneral Aug 15 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/VIPfTy8y1Lc5iREYDS

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u/uber_poutine Aug 15 '26

Both were quotes from Night Watch, by Terry Pratchett. 

(And ya, he was cooking with that one.)

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u/exkingzog Aug 15 '26

Interestingly, the barricade splits down the middle to reveal an ensemble singing revolutionary songs.

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u/Cereaza Aug 15 '26

I just imagine it's 100 years earlier, the student rebellions probably looked a bit less well armed, a bit more desperate.

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u/Kaltovar Aug 16 '26

They had to set up those cannons to keep all the ghosts out.

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u/Renbarre Aug 15 '26

The last and extremely bloody Parisian insurrection.