Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt / LIFE
 
 
 
 A soldier's feet, Ethiopia, 1935.
 
 
 
"On the eve of Mussolini's attack in Ethiopia, I took this shot of the Emperor's soldiers on maneuvers. The close-up tells the whole story of a barefoot army." 
 
- Alfred Eisenstaedt
 
 
 
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