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Ernest Brooks

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First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Ernest Brooks > (209) C.1768 - Scene just behind the line

(209) C.1768 - Scene just behind the line
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Description	Soldiers playing cards, during World War I. Three soldiers play cards sitting on the ground. A fourth stirs a pot, which sits in the entrance to their dugout. The rest of the 'camp' is visible behind them. Soldiers would often go for some time without seeing any 'action', and would have to amuse themselves until the orders came through. With limited supplies one imagines a pack of cards would be a very useful possession. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT - SCENE JUST BEHIND THE LINE.']

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:	Sitting Soldiers Playing cards Card games (physical activities) Shelters (single built works) Camps (temporary settlements) 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
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Description	Ernest 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.

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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First World War 'Official Photographs'
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Description	Black-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.
Shelfmark	Acc.3155

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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