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A fact from Olga Lander appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 29 May 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Olga Lander's camera required her to work close to the dangerous wartime subjects she photographed (example pictured)?

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 19:52, 19 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Defusing explosives, 1943, photographed by Lander

... that Olga Lander used a fixed 50 mm focal length camera, requiring her to work close to the dangerous war-time subjects she photographed (example pictured)?

Source: https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/archiv/fotos-von-kriegsfotografin-olga-lander-versehrte-koerper-unter-blumenschmuck-li.1359122 Translated as "Lander was equipped with a FED camera, a Soviet replica of the Leica with a 50 mm focal length. This meant that she could not zoom in ... if she wanted to take close-ups ... she acted accordingly, even if her life was in danger, as her photos of battles show."

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Created by Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk).

Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 80 past nominations.

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Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:04, 29 April 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Interesting life and work, on fine sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. I approve the hook, and it goes well with the current trend for short "hooky" wording. I wonder, however, if - since her name doesn't give much clue to where she comes from - some hint at place and/or time might add interest. I found interesting, for example, that she took pics in both world wars. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:12, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How about including her photo, which - with a year in the caption - would add some time? It would illustrate the hook perfectly although it is not strictly she who is pictured. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 10:16, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Gerda Arendt: I've added the photo as you suggest. Regarding the hook info, if you don't tell them everything, they have to click through to find out, right? Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 13:00, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the image which tells what I missed. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:02, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

adding to approval: the image is licensed and a great illustration of the kind of photos she took. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 18:38, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]