Today, is Holocaust Memorial Day, a time for considering the effects of the Holocaust, Nazi persecution and subsequent genocides that have shocked the world, reminding us there is no end to evil and that we must do our utmost to prevent these things from happening again.
I have always been very interested in all things concerning war, just because I'm interested in how people coped in that horror and because I heard lots of first hand stories from people who lived through the Blitz in Malta, secondly because my maternal grandfather was British and died in a submarine, alas I know nothing more about this.
I have wanted to do some work inspired by life during WW2 and the opportunity to work with Norwich based actress Lindy Pieri allowed me to do just that. Lindy is a wonderful and very talented lady and I enjoyed working with her on this project. Like me, Lindy has very strong feelings about the horrors of the war and I love the expression and intensity she demonstrated as we took this image.
Lindy's character is looking into the horror of the events through the barbed wire. She feels helpless and tears start to well. We can imagine what she is seeing, what she is feeling, we don't need to see anything else apart from that expression on her face....
To read more about Holocaust Memorial Day, please have a look here
I will be blogging more images from the shoot with Lindy soon. x