Shooting war: The work of pioneering WW1 photojournalist Ariel Varges by Nick Higham.

Newspaper photographer Ariel Varges first picked up a film camera in 1914 when his employers sent him to cover the Mexican-American War. With the outbreak of the Great War, he was sent to Europe and spent four years embedded with British Forces.

The famous photo [above] of soldiers playing football on Christmas Day was taken by Ariel.

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