In the ten years since Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge overwhelmed New Orleans’s levee system, the catastrophe has lived in the public imagination as a parade of dramatic images. Often overlooked are smaller, more gradual changes. For years, David G. Spielman has documented these inconspicuous changes, in haunting images whose simplicity evokes ......
Sarah Raphael (1960-2001) showed precocious talent for drawing and painting from an early age. Her sudden death when, in her rapid and exciting development as an artist, she had already accomplished much, but of whom so much more became expected, was a tragedy not only for her family, but for the art world at large.
Love of an Unknown Soldier is the publication of a series of intimate documents that were found in a dug-out of an abandoned gun position, resulting in an extremely moving love story.
The pages are full of sharp observations which reveal the loveliness of every- day sights and fleeting moments, from the charm of butterflies and their names to the behaviour of animals and birds, the joys of gardening and the character of the people and their landscape.
Often overshadowed by its more famous counterpart, the Spitfire, the Hawker Hurricane proved to be the unsung hero of the Second World War. Over half of every enemy aeroplane destroyed in the Battle of Britain was by a Hurricane, not a Spitfire. While the Hurricane is known for being the reliable workhorse of the Battle of Britain, it also went on ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423828
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Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
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Stills from Life opens with Syd Shelton's dream of hope that the struggle and the fight for racial and class justice will prevail and it is the driving force dominating the last fifty years of his subjective photographic practice. From that time, he has never been anywhere without his camera bag in pursuit of what he calls the graphic argument.
Drawing on the depth of IWM's art collection, this book takes a look at some of the most iconic and easily identifiable images of the Second World War: the posters. Reproduced in full colour with an introduction and explanatory text, the book explores the British government's use of propaganda throughout the war years, ranging from the ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423804
(Paperback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the man voted 'the Greatest Briton', Churchill: A Visual History tells the incredible story of Winston Churchill's long life and lasting legacy. With particular focus on Churchill's pivotal role during the Second World War, the book features artefacts, interviews, documents, art and ......
ISBN-13: 9781912423811
(Hardback)
Publisher: UNICORN PRESS Imprint: IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
