Interesting Normandy Tribute Art
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
It is a haunting reminder of millions of lives lost in war. Two artists stenciled 9,000 bodies onto one of the Normandy (D-Day) invasion beaches:
The project, named, 'The Fallen' is a tribute to the civilians, German forces and Allies who lost their lives during the Operation Neptune landing on June 6, 1944.
The design was the brainchild of Jamie Wardley, 33, and Andy Moss, 50.
Together with a team of volunteers the pair travelled to Arromanches beach, Normandy, to create the silhouettes, which were individually drawn into the sand.
Granted it was for International Peace Day.
Nevertheless this bears a moments viewing. It is a pretty interesting set of images...always a good reminder of the costs necessary if you wait too long to deal with tyranny.
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