The History of A Continent Written in Blood...

I don't know much about World War I, it's always been treated as a forgotten war by American History, since we only showed up for the end of it. But here in Europe there is no war that rings louders then the tragic senselessness and inhumanity of the War to End All Wars. Almost every British family lost a relative in battles that becames black holes of death, sucking in millions of men to never be seen again. Our class tour of the massive WWI battlefield at Ieper was very moving and opened up a new world a lot of us had been unfamiliar with. My new camera allowed me to snap some amazing shots, so I'll let them speak for themselves.

Possibly the greatest photograph I have ever taken. It's from a WWI cemetery outside of Ieper, Belgium and is home to thousands of British casualties. I captured the engraved memorial, the large cross, and two roses between them against the background of a clear February day in Belgium.

What seems like an endless sea of Graves, row after row of tombstones that seemingly strech as far as the eye can see.

Even some of the unkown soldiers are memorialized with a tombstone.

Just a fraction of the price of war...

The toll taken on both sides, a shot from a German cemetary.

Simple wooden crosses mark the spot where upwards of 40 soldiers buried in a single plot.

Inside the British Memorial arch preparing for the Last Post ceremony.

With the last post buglers.

A restored WWI trench. It smelled like rank ass.

Fully equipped to storm No Man's Land with my iPod, Red North Face Gore-Tex, Livestrong, and my Red Sox hat. I would've made an awesome doughboy.

Professor Julian Potowski bravely leading the charge over the wall and into the killing fields.

Professor Potowski explaining his speciality, military discipline during WWI, this is the spot where deserters and others were executed.

A testament to the inhumanity of the war.

The Belgian City of...ok well it wasn't really a city and i forget it's name. But they all pretty much look the same and it was very nice.