Obee
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My wife, who is an Arts Teacher, is plannng a series of work for her students using photogarphy as the media.
One of the themes this time of the eyar in Aussie schools is ANZAC Day and as photogaphy was the new medium in WW1 the govenment appointed an official war photographer, Frank Hurley, to capture the images of this terrible war for future generations.
One of his iconic images is this:
Infantry moving forward to take over the front at evening
My wife then asked me if it was possible for her to borrow some of my 'Army Men' to use a props so her students could try to compose a similar image. Of course I wouldn't lend my metal figures, such as the WETS Aussies, but found a whole box of Chinese made 'green army men' that would suit.
Today I thought I'd see if I could take up her challenge of reproducing the Hurley image, so posed along a long ridge on the Western Front, this is my result.

I know I don't have the pool of water to reflect the troops, but not bad for a 15 minute job???
Seeing these figures, it pays a great tribute to Craig Pearse, who produced such fine miniatures, and is sady missed.
Thanks, Craig,
regards,
John
One of the themes this time of the eyar in Aussie schools is ANZAC Day and as photogaphy was the new medium in WW1 the govenment appointed an official war photographer, Frank Hurley, to capture the images of this terrible war for future generations.
One of his iconic images is this:

Infantry moving forward to take over the front at evening
My wife then asked me if it was possible for her to borrow some of my 'Army Men' to use a props so her students could try to compose a similar image. Of course I wouldn't lend my metal figures, such as the WETS Aussies, but found a whole box of Chinese made 'green army men' that would suit.
Today I thought I'd see if I could take up her challenge of reproducing the Hurley image, so posed along a long ridge on the Western Front, this is my result.

I know I don't have the pool of water to reflect the troops, but not bad for a 15 minute job???
Seeing these figures, it pays a great tribute to Craig Pearse, who produced such fine miniatures, and is sady missed.
Thanks, Craig,
regards,
John