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(172) C.1568 - Shutter of a shop in the Station Sq., Arras, shrapnel has done this

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(172) C.1568 - Shutter of a shop in the Station Sq., Arras, shrapnel has done this
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DescriptionThe dominating feature of this image is a close up of a shop front. The shop signed as a 'café for travellers' although bits of the sign have been blown away. The shop front itself is badly damaged by shrapnel. Shrapnel is a hollow shell loaded with lead or steel balls and a small gunpowder charge. While the shell flew over the enemy it would be ignited by a time fuse. Shrapnel was a very effective killer. [Original reads: 'Shutter of a shop in the Station Sq., Arras, Shrapnel has done this.']
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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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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.
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