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Olympic Park. Stratford, East London. :
To mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, 72,396 shrouded figures will be laid out in rows, shoulder to shoulder covering an area over 4000 square metres across the South Park Lawn (next to the ArcelorMittal Orbit). Each figure represents a British serviceman killed at The Battle of the Somme who has no known grave, many of whose bodies were never recovered from the battlefields.
The shrouded figures represent those who are listed on the Thiepval Memorial in France – data sourced from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The figures are covered and bound by the handstitched shrouds, taking on their own form, twisting and bending into their own unique shape. The display provides a moment for reflection about the physical reality of the war, in approximately 1:6 scale.
Shrouds of the Somme, Stratford, LONDON by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Shrouds of the Somme, Stratford, LONDON by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Shrouds of the Somme, Stratford, LONDON by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Shrouds of the Somme, Stratford, LONDON by Peter Elgar, on Flickr
Hasselblad 501CM + 50mm f4 CFi Distagon T*
B&W is 2007 dated Ilford XP400 Pro, Colour is 2006 dated Konica VX 400 Pro
To mark 100 years since the end of the First World War, 72,396 shrouded figures will be laid out in rows, shoulder to shoulder covering an area over 4000 square metres across the South Park Lawn (next to the ArcelorMittal Orbit). Each figure represents a British serviceman killed at The Battle of the Somme who has no known grave, many of whose bodies were never recovered from the battlefields.
The shrouded figures represent those who are listed on the Thiepval Memorial in France – data sourced from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The figures are covered and bound by the handstitched shrouds, taking on their own form, twisting and bending into their own unique shape. The display provides a moment for reflection about the physical reality of the war, in approximately 1:6 scale.
Shrouds of the Somme, Stratford, LONDON by Peter Elgar, on FlickrShrouds of the Somme, Stratford, LONDON by Peter Elgar, on FlickrShrouds of the Somme, Stratford, LONDON by Peter Elgar, on FlickrShrouds of the Somme, Stratford, LONDON by Peter Elgar, on FlickrHasselblad 501CM + 50mm f4 CFi Distagon T*
B&W is 2007 dated Ilford XP400 Pro, Colour is 2006 dated Konica VX 400 Pro
