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(205) C.1758 - Amongst the ruins of a church

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(205) C.1758 - Amongst the ruins of a church
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DescriptionSoldiers in a destroyed church, France. Four soldiers sit half-way up a mound of rubble and are surrounded by more banks of rubble. The soldiers sit with supplies and there is a broken carriage in the background. Images of ruined churches and cathedrals are common amongst World War I propaganda photographs, used for their emotive quality. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Amongst the ruins of a church.']
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Form / genre: Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events: 1916-1918 [Date created]
World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Places: Europe > Belgium > Flanders (region) [Place depicted]
Europe > France (nation) [Place created]
Subject / content: Soldiers
Ruins
Churches (buildings)
French
Villages
War damage
Rubble
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Propaganda
War photography
Photojournalism
Person / organisation: Brooks, Ernest, British official photographer [Photographer]
Great Britain. Army [Depicted]
Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]

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Ernest Brooks
DescriptionErnest Brooks was the first British official war photographer to be assigned to the Western Front in 1916. Previously a 'Daily Mirror' photographer, he was given the honorary rank of Second Lieutenant. His remit was to take as many photographs as possible, with as much variety as possible. Using his inconspicuous hand-held camera Brooks was free to wander, sometimes capturing his subjects unawares. Many of the images taken by Brooks were used to fuel the propaganda machine at home and abroad. Despite this Brooks, who was very aware of composition and light, produced some very artistic and thought-provoking images.
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Dates / events: 1916-1918 [Date created]
Places: Europe > France (nation) [Place created]
Europe > Belgium > Flanders (region) [Place depicted]
Person / organisation: Brooks, Ernest, British official photographer [Photographer]
Great Britain. Army [Depicted]

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Photographers
DescriptionPhotographs by named photographers.
First World War 'Official Photographs'
DescriptionBlack-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries.
ShelfmarkAcc.3155
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Form / genre: Images > Pictures > Photographs > Photographic prints
Dates / events: World War, 1914-1918 Campaigns Western Front [Date/event depicted]
Subject / content: War photography
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Photojournalism
Propaganda
Person / organisation: Haig, Douglas Haig, Earl, 1861-1928 [Former owner]

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