Remembering those who fought

Its great to see Damian Drohan, (one of duckrabbit’s students at LCC) getting recognition and exposure on the BBC. This time on the photo Editor’s Phil Coomes’ excellent blog ‘viewfinder‘.

Damian has shown deep commitment in capturing the stories of the remaining veterans of World War 2 and its been a real honor to try and steer him a little bit as he attempts to capture their voices.

“I decided to use audio for a number of reasons. I believe that we react strongly to the spoken word, nuances in a person’s voice. Simple, appropriate text can add a powerful extra dimension to images also, but I favour audio. When I started this project I always saw it as having an interactive quality, whether that would be in a physical space or online, I hadn’t determined, but I wanted to give myself the option.

“I’ve also started using archival material, old photographs and pilot’s log books and so on. Together with the audio I think it will help the audience to engage more with the work than if it were a traditional printed image and brief caption for each veteran.”

Its great work. Well done Damian.