Shot at Dawn
An installation recognising and posthumously pardoning those WW1 soldiers (numbering over 300) sentenced by military tribunal to being shot at dawn. The listed crimes include "cowardice", in a time when PTSD was not officially acknowledged or understood. Some of those executed were only 16 years old.
National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.
Hasselblad 501CM
Carl Zeiss Distagon 4/50 T* CFi
f11
1/500th second
Hand-held
Kodak T-Max 400 (at EI 800)
N+1 development in DD-X 1:4 at 20 °C for 10 mins.
Digitised using 16-shot pixel-shift capture
Toned
Note: my images are processed to appear correct on a calibrated, professional grade colour-accurate monitor set to Adobe RGB output / 6500 K temperature / gamma 2.2. Many consumer grade screens (particularly mobile phone screens) at default settings will display these images with too much saturation and contrast, so please bear this in mind when viewing on such devices.
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Shot at Dawn
An installation recognising and posthumously pardoning those WW1 soldiers (numbering over 300) sentenced by military tribunal to being shot at dawn. The listed crimes include "cowardice", in a time when PTSD was not officially acknowledged or understood. Some of those executed were only 16 years old.
National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.
Hasselblad 501CM
Carl Zeiss Distagon 4/50 T* CFi
f11
1/500th second
Hand-held
Kodak T-Max 400 (at EI 800)
N+1 development in DD-X 1:4 at 20 °C for 10 mins.
Digitised using 16-shot pixel-shift capture
Toned
Note: my images are processed to appear correct on a calibrated, professional grade colour-accurate monitor set to Adobe RGB output / 6500 K temperature / gamma 2.2. Many consumer grade screens (particularly mobile phone screens) at default settings will display these images with too much saturation and contrast, so please bear this in mind when viewing on such devices.
(best viewed fullscreen in the lightbox)