A captured soldier suffering from Shell Shock, The Somme; ca. 1916

We often joke about "I've seen some shit", but this is a representation of a visceral and downright frightening reality that someone people had to experience. I can't imagine being subject to something so extreme that my brain had to shut everything down just to cope. His eyes are so hauntingly tragic. Nothing in history…

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