After a few hours of working on the large piece of paper I decided to step back and take some photographs and think about what I have done.
I chose a very powerful image from the telegraph newspaper to be my central image in black. I chose an image of a flag being taken down in a desert space in Afghanistan by two soldiers. The caption on the front page reads 'The Long War quietly ends'. Since my project has been focused on newspaper stories and world events and the way in which stories reoccur and change over time. For more than thirteen years the war in Afghanistan has been a constant in world news and especially so in British media. I believe that by blending the image of the two soldiers in with the other newspaper article images we are reminded that amongst all other world tragedies and events the war has been a constant and although the war is not over this image is a symbol of the British troops stepping out of Afghanistan. The image of a flag flying at half mast shown in this picture is also hugely powerful as it could be interpreted as a sign of respect to the servicemen and women who gave their lives for their country, it also reminds us that the journey is not completely over for many of these men and women.
I will be continuing to work into this piece but I will be making it clear that some stories stand out to me and others more than others.
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