Abstract
The Journal des mutilés, widely circulated among World War I veterans — a community with considerable impact on public opinion between the world wars —, constantly looked back to the Great War, notably by publishing photographs taken during those years. A comparative analysis of this periodical and four others belonging to the general press highlights its distinctive characteristics : an uncommon quantity of pictures, a preference for the daily life of ordinary soldiers and a tendency to stress the more violent aspects of the conflict. Being aimed at war veterans, it sought to nurture their collective memory, to bear witness to their sufferings and to serve the pacifist cause. Thus is had much in common with publications belonging to left-wing pacifism, particularly its iconography and visual techniques ; on the other hand it did not analyse the conflict in political terms. Photographs were used in the Journal des mutilés to illustrate specific events, whereas militant publications used them as universal icons.
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