Friday 7 November 2014

Digital mosaic of fallen World War One private

A digital mosaic of a British Army private killed during World War One has been created using more than 30,000 images.
Photographs of thousands of people were taken at BBC World War One at Home Live Events to mark the war's centenary and have been used to make the image of 23-year-old Pte James Ernest Beaney.
The mosaic, which can be viewed online, allows users to zoom in and explore the faces of those who took part.
It also includes hundreds of original images from World War One.
Artist, Helen Marshall, 43, said she looked through hundreds of World War One images before choosing Pte Beaney.
"This portrait image was selected not only because of its important historical context, being sited clearly in its own time, but because it is a face that could also exist in the here and now, in our time.
"It could easily be a portrait of our father, brother or friend, taken yesterday.
"I knew his image would work, because he's looking directly at the camera and he looks like your average man."    More....
Mosaic of Pte James Ernest Beaney
Pte James Ernest Beaney
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