https://www.photography.ca/blog/2014/12/19/wounded-bryan-adams/ Photography podcast blog and forum Tue, 03 Jan 2017 21:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://www.photography.ca/blog/2014/12/19/wounded-bryan-adams/comment-page-1/#comment-450453 Royce Howland Sat, 20 Dec 2014 00:15:24 +0000 http://www.photography.ca/?p=4805#comment-450453 I haven’t seen this book yet, but I did see a selection of prints from this project when Adams had an exhibit at Calgary’s Glenbow Museum earlier this year. The exhibit combined some of Adams’ photos of various celebrities, with a set of the soldier portraits from Wounded. Each grouping was in its own room, located side-by-side. I don’t know but can only presume that it was intentional by Adams and/or the Glenbow curator to contrast the subjects in this way; I found it quite the commentary. The portraits from Wounded had a lot of impact in particular… they illustrate a real dimension of the sacrifice these men have made, and with which they will continue to live. I also took note that several of the celebrities pictured in the companion selection had committed suicide in the past couple of years… there was commentary in that contrast as well.

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