Delville Wood, shattered in fierce struggles by the S. Africans, who heroically resisted fierce attacks by Realistic Travels

Delville Wood, shattered in fierce struggles by the S. Africans, who heroically resisted fierce attacks after 1916

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photography, gelatin-silver-print

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war

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landscape

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photography

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photojournalism

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gelatin-silver-print

Dimensions height 85 mm, width 170 mm

This is "Delville Wood, shattered in fierce struggles by the S. Africans, who heroically resisted fierce attacks" made by Realistic Travels. What a title! I imagine the artist was trying to make something real from this landscape, not like the paintings you would normally see. It’s heavy and oppressive. The tonal range presses down on everything, so it feels weighted. I think the artist was trying to show the horror of war. The grey seeps into everything. What is left? Everything is reduced to a kind of monotone. The smoke rises up like a memory of what has been lost. The painting is flat with no way out. You’re trapped in the scene.

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