Shadow of war

[Julian Tanase]

Shot an entire Rollei 80s inside the Sinsheim Museum, no flash of course. Most of the photographs came out all right, but at some point I switched to automatic, on my Nikon FM3A. No idea why I did that, for the auto mode always gave me nasty overexposures when left to it own devices indoors, with so little light as inside this museum. Anyways, re this photo, I wanted to bin it, but somehow I became attracted to it.

It's like this: we'll never be able to put a face to most of the fallen soldiers, wherever and whenever they fell. This photograph goes to show this truth. He's just a soldier. Not real, but so's the statue of the Unknown Soldier. Anyways, this is why I kept this photo and I am posting it here, hoping this all makes sense.

 

[Tom Aspin]

It makes perfect sense.
Silhouettes, full or partial, always add an air of mystery.
Definitely works for me.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

hoping this all makes sense.

Makes perfect sense to me, and I like the photo. Just goes to show one shouldn't be too hasty with the dustbin... I've suffered remorse (in a small way!) a couple of times with this

 

[Julian Tanase]

Makes perfect sense to me, and I like the photo. Just goes to show one shouldn't be too hasty with the dustbin... I've suffered remorse (in a small way!) a couple of times with this

Been there more than I care to remember

 

[Pete Askew]

It does to me too, but I think more because the deep shadows makes it unclear whether this is a person or a mannequin. It almost feels like a still from a film.

 

[Brian Moore]

I think its a very effective photo, Julian. I'm glad you didn't throw it out.

 

[Julian Tanase]

It does to me too, but I think more because the deep shadows makes it unclear whether this is a person or a mannequin. It almost feels like a still from a film.

Pete, this is a mannequin, a British commissioned officer, N. Africa, cca 1942. Taken in the military history museum, Sinsheim.

 

[Pete Askew]

Yes, I realised it was, but I still like the slight ambiguity that the deeps shadows create. I like this more each time I look at it.

 

[Julian Tanase]

Thank you, Pete!