A junior moran Keliani is photographed in tribal regalia in Kenya in 1948. Seen as a young warrior, he is seen in a headdress of dried bird skins and traditional face paint. 

Three men are photographed in the Korogona Nuba house of the Mesakin Qusar in Kordofan, Sudan in 1949.  The men are shown in the bedroom, which is only accessible via the small hole in the wall through which one of them passes. 

Two fighters from the Kao-Nyaro tribe are photographed during a match in Kordofan, Sudan in 1949. The two men lung towards one another using their lethal bracelets during the traditional fight.

A group of winegrowers in the Village of Argenda gather around the table in discussion. The men were discussing reconstruction of their vineyards after the war. 

A group of children is photographed running through the streets of Brunete, Spain on their way home from school in 1945. The town, located on the outskirts of Madrid, was a major site of the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. 

Two men are photographed in silhouette as they talk in the entryway of a bamboo house in then Burma (now Myanmar) in 1942.  The house, like all the structures in the surrounding village, was built on stilts to stand high above the fluctuating waters of Inle Lake.

Hassau chieftains are photographed with their swords in the air as part of a Fantasia in Chari-Baguirmi, Chad in 1941. Fantasias are traditional demonstrations of superb horsemanship performed during marriages and other cultural ceremonies in North Africa.

Winston Churchill is photographed with General Montgomery on the Rhine in Germany in 1945. His success leading Britain through the Second World War made him earned him the reputation as the nation's most famous Prime Minister.

George Rodger captures skeins of cotton hanging to dry in dyers souk while traveling in Tunis, Tunisia in 1958. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Tunis is one of the first Arabo-Muslim towns in Northern Africa. 

George Rodger captures The Via Dolorosa in Old Jerusalem in 1952. The path, known in English as Way of Pain, represents the route taken by Jesus as the Romans brought him to his crucifixion. 

George Rodger captures The Pyramids in the background during a trip to Egypt in 1954.

Belgian women ride on the hood of a military jeep while crowds cheer after British troops liberated the area from German occupation in September of 1944. The Battle of the Bulge, Germany's last major offensive campaign on the Western Front, would occur three months later. 

A group of men carries a traditional Bahay Kubo community house as part of a relocating effort on the Island of Mactan in 1955. The Bahay Kubo is an icon of Filipino culture and a representation of Bayanihan, which refers to a spirit of communal unity.

A station commander is photographed sleeping while awaiting the return of his night bomber crews in London in 1940. The team would work daily during the intense bombing campaign the Germans launched against the United Kingdom during World War II, known as The Blitz.

A doctor of circumcision is photographed in tribal regalia ahead of a a ceremony in Kenya in 1979. Rodger received unprecedented access to the Maasai warriors of Kenya, photographing their way of life and sacred ceremonies. 

A champion of a Korongo Nuba wrestling match sits atop the shoulders of another tribe member in Kordofan in 1949. Rodger received unprecedented access to the Nuba tribe in Southern Sudan, photographing their way of life and sacred ceremonies.

A man is photographed entering a Nuba house in the Korongo Jebels (mountains) in Kardofan in 1949. Rodger received unprecedented access to the Nuba tribe in Southern Sudan, photographing their way of life and sacred ceremonies.

A young Italian boy holds a mirror up for an American GI as he slicks his hair back surrounded by locals in Eboli, Italy in 1943. This image was part of a series of photographs taken by George Rodger for Life Magazine documenting the War in Europe.

Light is captured streaming into the ancient souk of Baghdad in 1952. The souk, a marketplace bustling with stalls selling handmade copperwork and local artisan crafts, has persisted for centuries and is central to the cultural identity of the city.

His Hashemite Highness Emir Adbullah ibn Hussein of Jordan is photographed playing chess in 1941. He would go on to become King in 1946 when Transjordan gained independence from the United Kingdom.

Soldiers from the Arab Legion Desert Patrol gather in discussion while traveling on their camels. The photograph was taken by Rodger about 100 km from Amman, Transjordan in Fort Mafrak in 1941.

A Dutch family’s postwar weekly ration is documented for Life Magazine by photojournalist George Rodger in Holland, 1945. Known in the Netherlands as Hongerwinter, the famine was the result of increasingly scarce food supplies under German occupation and ended gradually after liberation from the Allied Forces. 

A young Italian boy holds a mirror up for an American GI as he slicks his hair back surrounded by locals in Eboli, Italy in 1943. This image was part of a series of photographs taken by George Rodger for Life Magazine documenting the War in Europe.

A group of men carries a traditional Bahay Kubo community house as part of a relocating effort on the Island of Mactan in 1953. The Bahay Kubo is an icon of Filipino culture and a representation of Bayanihan, which refers to a spirit of communal unity.