About Me

I'm a Twin Cities (Minneapolis) based photographer with a passion for portraiture and urban skyscapes. I pride myself on being a bit of an eclectic who takes an interest in all manner of people and places and travel a fair bit, so I try to include other elements of my work into my blog. My work tends to use a modern style with a mind toward drawing out the edges in life. I draw inspiration in my portraiture from Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts, Platon, and a handful of other masters of the art.

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Greg Benz
CarbonSilverPhotography@gmail.com

>>>Auschwitz-Birkenau>>>

08.27.08 Posted in Uncategorized

A Polish military barracks at Auschwitz was converted by the Nazis for use as a concentration camp for Polish Prisoners of war, and then eventually into the gruesome center for genocide we all know. Pictured above here is camp #1, camp #2 is known as Birkenau and was the main center for mass extermination. Those who were not killed immediately with the pesticide Zyklon-B (which is most of those who arrived here) were either sent for horrible medical experiments or work so extreme most died within a matter of weeks or months. The barb-wired fence you see here was electrified. Only a very small number of prisoners ever managed to escape.