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From 1914 to 1918, future Hollywood set director Walter Koessler meticulously photographed his service in the German army during WW1.
Trained as an architect, Walter used his eye for beauty and his technical excellence with a camera to make almost a thousand incredible photographs. After emigrating to California in 1925, he made a hundred-page photo album to preserve his experience for future generations.
Walter took photos at nearly every opportunity, showing artillery, weapons, life in the trenches, and day-to-day life with his comrades. He often stepped outside of his duties to capture the task at hand. Walter also took aerial photographs from biplanes and recorded investigations of destroyed cathedrals and other structures on official business.
These have been collected in an oversized coffee table book to celebrate his achievements in wartime photography
