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Dachau Concentration Camp

May 24, 2010

Saturday was a pretty heavy day as we visited the Dachau Concentration Camp near Munich. I’ve been there before in 2006 when I was in high school, but my parents wanted to visit the site for themselves this time around. I decided black and white were right for these photos because the subject material is very serious, and the camp itself is very monotone in color. I’m the type of person who only uses black and white to help convey respect for the subject and to give a tone of seriousness to the story. I’ve got several shots of shadows or silhouettes of people, which I intentionally did in order to try to match the ghostly vibe I felt walking through the infamous site.

Visitors photograph the gate at the main entrance of the Dachau Concentration Camp on Saturday,  May 22, 2010, in Dachau, Germany. The gate's writing, "Work will set you free," is found at the entrances of most concentration camps.
Visitors photograph the gate at the main entrance of the Dachau Concentration Camp on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Dachau, Germany. The gate's writing, "Work will set you free," is found at the entrances of most concentration camps.
A sculpture depicts an inmate dying on an electric fence after committing suicide as seen on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. During WWII, many prisoners chose to end their lives by climbing the camp's electrically-charged inner fence.
A sculpture depicts an inmate dying on an electric fence after committing suicide as seen on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. During WWII, many prisoners chose to end their lives by climbing the camp's electrically-charged inner fence.

A tourist enters a barrack on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. Only two barracks remain at the camp and are outfitted to show visitors how the insides would have looked at various stages of the war.
A tourist enters a barrack on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. Only two barracks remain at the camp and are outfitted to show visitors how the insides would have looked at various stages of the war.
A single bouquet of flowers sits at a memorial on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. The former camp was converted into a memorial and museum in the 1960s.
A single bouquet of flowers sits at a memorial on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. The former camp was converted into a memorial and museum in the 1960s.
Visitors make their way through a barrack on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. Only two prisoner barracks remain intact on the camp grounds.
Visitors make their way through a barrack on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany. Only two prisoner barracks remain intact on the camp grounds.
A nun inspects a map as she makes her way through the Dachau Concentration Camp on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Dachau, Germany. Behind her is a foundation (No. 27) showing visitors where one of the prisoner barracks stood during the camp's operation. Each empty foundation is numbered.
A nun inspects a map as she makes her way through the Dachau Concentration Camp on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Dachau, Germany. Behind her is a foundation (No. 27) showing visitors where one of the prisoner barracks stood during the camp's operation. Each empty foundation is numbered.
Light pours into a dark prisoner barrack on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany.
Light pours into a dark prisoner barrack on Saturday, May 22, 2010, at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany.
Visitors walk down the main camp road on Saturday, May 22, 2010, towards a memorial to Christians killed at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany.
Visitors walk down the main camp road on Saturday, May 22, 2010, towards a memorial to Christians killed at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Dachau, Germany.
A rusted barbed wire fence encircles the Dachau Concentration Camp, as seen on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Dachau, Germany.
A rusted barbed wire fence encircles the Dachau Concentration Camp, as seen on Saturday, May 22, 2010, in Dachau, Germany.

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