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Seen through a shell hole
Seen through a shell hole
The remains of a ruined church. Devastated by shellfire, all that remains is a figure of Christ. The photographer, most likely John Warwick Brooke, has chosen the statue as the central focus of the photograph, as seen through a shell hole. It is a carefully composed and intentionally thought-provoking, if not contrived, shot. It is possible that this image would have been used as propaganda by …
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Jesus Christ
- Churches
- Ruins
- Statues
- Views (visual works)
- Ruins
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Jesus Christ
- Churches
- Ruins
- Statues
- Views (visual works)
- Ruins
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917
- 1917
- 2005
Places
- Europe, Belgium, Flanders, West Flanders (province)
Identifier
- 74547820
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
- 1917
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:20:03.157Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:41.112Z