Brian McCarty
@brianmccarty.com
Toy Photographer / Geek / Founder + Executive Director of the War Toys® nonprofit organization / Board Member for the International Toy Research Association / Fulbright Specialist
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War Toys will be documenting children's stories from within the US. Although kids here aren't enduring missile strikes and tank brigades, many experience levels of violence that are comparable to what their peers face in recognized war zones. It's time to give these children more of a voice.
War Toys: News & Events, War Toys to Document Children's Accounts of Violence in the US
After five wars and absorbing hundreds of children's stories, we are struck by just how similar they really are. Except for the occasional flag, you'd never know what "side" a kid is on. And really...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
War Toys will be documenting children's stories from within the US. Although kids here aren't enduring missile strikes and tank brigades, many experience levels of violence that are comparable to what their peers face in recognized war zones. It's time to give these children more of a voice.
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We just added another 20 copies of Lorissa Rinehart’s brilliant biography on Dickey Chapelle to our shop. “First to the Front” chronicles Dickey’s amazing life and career and is a page turner! wartoys.org/shop/firstto... #wartoys #dickeychapelle #photojournalist #photography #photojournalism #bio
War Toys: Shop, Dickey Chapelle Pewter Army Man
To honor Dickey Chapelle and her legacy, War Toys has partnered with two accomplished authors, both of whom have written remarkable books about her life and career – First to the Front (biography)...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
We just added another 20 copies of Lorissa Rinehart’s brilliant biography on Dickey Chapelle to our shop. “First to the Front” chronicles Dickey’s amazing life and career and is a page turner! wartoys.org/shop/firstto... #wartoys #dickeychapelle #photojournalist #photography #photojournalism #bio
On Veterans Day, I remember the photojournalists who have given their lives while documenting the horrors of war: David Gilkey, Dickey Chapelle, Chris Hondros, Tim Hetherington, Yaser Murtaja, Gilles Caron, Kenji Nagai, Larry Burrows, Gerda Taro, Robert Capa… #photojournalism #photography
November 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On Veterans Day, I remember the photojournalists who have given their lives while documenting the horrors of war: David Gilkey, Dickey Chapelle, Chris Hondros, Tim Hetherington, Yaser Murtaja, Gilles Caron, Kenji Nagai, Larry Burrows, Gerda Taro, Robert Capa… #photojournalism #photography
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We are honored to be working with Dickey's estate. Her family provided amazing access to Dickey’s cameras, clothing, and gear – all of which was reproduced in incredible detail by sculptor David Lea in standard 1:32 scale. Your purchase directly supports our programs: wartoys.org/programs #wartoys
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We are honored to be working with Dickey's estate. Her family provided amazing access to Dickey’s cameras, clothing, and gear – all of which was reproduced in incredible detail by sculptor David Lea in standard 1:32 scale. Your purchase directly supports our programs: wartoys.org/programs #wartoys
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Dickey’s remarkable life ended in Vietnam on November 4th, 1965. While on patrol with US Marines, she was killed by a booby-trap. Dickey was the first female correspondent killed during the Vietnam War, and the first American female photojournalist ever to be killed in action. #photojournalism
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Dickey’s remarkable life ended in Vietnam on November 4th, 1965. While on patrol with US Marines, she was killed by a booby-trap. Dickey was the first female correspondent killed during the Vietnam War, and the first American female photojournalist ever to be killed in action. #photojournalism
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Dickey started her career as a combat photojournalist during the battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. Always wearing her trademark pearl earrings and harlequin glasses, she spent the next twenty years covering conflicts from Korea to the Hungarian Revolution. #photography #photojournalism #wartoys
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Dickey started her career as a combat photojournalist during the battle of Iwo Jima in WWII. Always wearing her trademark pearl earrings and harlequin glasses, she spent the next twenty years covering conflicts from Korea to the Hungarian Revolution. #photography #photojournalism #wartoys
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Born Georgette Louise Meyer, Dickey Chapelle (1919-1965) was a force of nature, beloved by the soldiers she photographed and revered as both an accomplished war correspondent and trailblazer for women working in photojournalism. wartoys.org/shop
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Born Georgette Louise Meyer, Dickey Chapelle (1919-1965) was a force of nature, beloved by the soldiers she photographed and revered as both an accomplished war correspondent and trailblazer for women working in photojournalism. wartoys.org/shop
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
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To support our toy industry program, War Toys® is releasing a special, pewter “army man” of legendary photojournalist Dickey Chapelle. wartoys.org/shop
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
November 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
To support our toy industry program, War Toys® is releasing a special, pewter “army man” of legendary photojournalist Dickey Chapelle. wartoys.org/shop
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
#photography #photojournalism #wartoys #armymen
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With Bandcamp sold twice within a couple of years and Spotify on the nose, Subvert.fm is tackling the idea of an artist owned internet, or rather, an artist run, collectively owned music marketplace. Interested? It's easy to become a supporter or artist/label founding member.
#subvertfm
#subvertfm
Subvert — The Collectively Owned Music Marketplace
A music platform owned by us all. Join Subvert to sell your work, support artists, and shape our shared future. Sincerely Ours.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
With Bandcamp sold twice within a couple of years and Spotify on the nose, Subvert.fm is tackling the idea of an artist owned internet, or rather, an artist run, collectively owned music marketplace. Interested? It's easy to become a supporter or artist/label founding member.
#subvertfm
#subvertfm
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
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October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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I'll die a thousand deaths on the hill that we should have never lost the cultural shame involved in "selling out"
DAVID CROSS: “I am disgusted and deeply disappointed… These are some of my HEROES… how can any of us take any of you seriously ever again?”
Here’s who went to the Riyadh Comedy Festival: www.timeoutriyadh.com/news/riyadh-...
Here’s who went to the Riyadh Comedy Festival: www.timeoutriyadh.com/news/riyadh-...
September 30, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I'll die a thousand deaths on the hill that we should have never lost the cultural shame involved in "selling out"
My thanks to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and photographer Staci Vandagriff for covering the “War Toys: Ukraine” exhibition at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. (I’m not on the right 😉)
September 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My thanks to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and photographer Staci Vandagriff for covering the “War Toys: Ukraine” exhibition at the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History. (I’m not on the right 😉)
I’m grateful to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts for hosting a talk with Ben Grimes and I. Ben is the creator of a theater program for vets struggling with PTSD called The Breach. Coincidentally, we both were in Iraq in 2017. It was interesting for us each to get a different perspective of the war.
September 19, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I’m grateful to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts for hosting a talk with Ben Grimes and I. Ben is the creator of a theater program for vets struggling with PTSD called The Breach. Coincidentally, we both were in Iraq in 2017. It was interesting for us each to get a different perspective of the war.
Apologies for the short notice, but I’m participating in a discussion at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock on Thursday (9/18 at 6pm). Come and hear about what’s been keeping me so busy! events.arkmfa.org/event/dual-p...
Dual Perspectives on Art and Healing - Event Calendar | AMFA
Join artists Ben Grimes and Brian McCarty for a conversation exploring artmaking as a form of healing from trauma.
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September 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Apologies for the short notice, but I’m participating in a discussion at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock on Thursday (9/18 at 6pm). Come and hear about what’s been keeping me so busy! events.arkmfa.org/event/dual-p...
Still have lots of cleanup to do, but just finished two very long years of work and pushed all 40 translations of @wartoys.org’s educational board game live!!
September 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Still have lots of cleanup to do, but just finished two very long years of work and pushed all 40 translations of @wartoys.org’s educational board game live!!
Warms my heart seeing this, knowing how much its loss was felt by Iraqi kids displaced from Mosul during the war against ISIS.
AP: Iraq reopens historic mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction apnews.com/article/iraq... #wartoys #photography #alnurimosque
AP: Iraq reopens historic mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction apnews.com/article/iraq... #wartoys #photography #alnurimosque
September 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Warms my heart seeing this, knowing how much its loss was felt by Iraqi kids displaced from Mosul during the war against ISIS.
AP: Iraq reopens historic mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction apnews.com/article/iraq... #wartoys #photography #alnurimosque
AP: Iraq reopens historic mosque in Mosul 8 years after Islamic State destruction apnews.com/article/iraq... #wartoys #photography #alnurimosque
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
Forgive O Lord my little jokes on Thee…
#toyphotography #devo #art #boojiboy #photography #qee #deevolution #mask #desert #arttoys #designertoys
#toyphotography #devo #art #boojiboy #photography #qee #deevolution #mask #desert #arttoys #designertoys
June 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Forgive O Lord my little jokes on Thee…
#toyphotography #devo #art #boojiboy #photography #qee #deevolution #mask #desert #arttoys #designertoys
#toyphotography #devo #art #boojiboy #photography #qee #deevolution #mask #desert #arttoys #designertoys
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“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #photography #toyphotography #wartoys #worldrefugeeday
June 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #photography #toyphotography #wartoys #worldrefugeeday
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“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #arttherapy #childreninwar #wartoys #worldrefugeeday
June 21, 2025 at 1:52 AM
“Hadil” drew her life before the war in #Syria, her dad watering a tree at home. She then drew the #refugee tent she was surviving in with her brother and sister in #Lebanon. Her father has been notably erased from her drawing of the camp. #arttherapy #childreninwar #wartoys #worldrefugeeday
June 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art
June 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #toyphotography #photography #art
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At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #arttherapy #childreninwar #war
June 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
At a #Syrian #refugee camp in #Lebanon, 11-yr-old “Hana” drew a seemingly happy scene of her family at dinner. She revealed it was the last time she saw her dad alive. He got up to investigate sounds of gunfire outside and was killed steps from their door. #wartoys #arttherapy #childreninwar #war
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In East Jerusalem, local #Palestinian children play a constant cat-and-mouse game with #IDF, often throwing tiny pebbles to harass them. “Mahmoud’s” drawing shows what happened to his friend when the soldiers didn’t want to play one day. #wartoys #art #photography #toyphotography #armymen #arttoys
May 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In East Jerusalem, local #Palestinian children play a constant cat-and-mouse game with #IDF, often throwing tiny pebbles to harass them. “Mahmoud’s” drawing shows what happened to his friend when the soldiers didn’t want to play one day. #wartoys #art #photography #toyphotography #armymen #arttoys
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Drawing by “Mahmoud,” made at the Spafford Children’s Center in East Jerusalem, 2011. #arttherapy #wartoys #childreninwar #israel #palestine #jerusalem
May 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Drawing by “Mahmoud,” made at the Spafford Children’s Center in East Jerusalem, 2011. #arttherapy #wartoys #childreninwar #israel #palestine #jerusalem