Silent fields
Subtitle: gedenkplaatsen van de Grote Oorlog = memorial sites of the Great War
By: Bart Heirweg
Contributors: Vansteenbrugge, André, writer of added commentary; Vanleene, Patrick, writer of added commentary; Swinnen, Johan M., 1954- writer of added commentary
Publisher: Lannoo Campus
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Houten
Language: eng; dut
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9789401409582
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Battlefields; Pictorial works; Soldiers' monuments; War memorials; Cemeteries
Other titles: Gedenkplaatsen van de Grote Oorlog; Silent fields :; Memorial sites of the Great War
Description: Bart Heirweg spent two years photographing the war sites and landscapes of Flanders Fields. For this he travelled from Nieuwpoort to Koksijde, via Veurne, Diksmuide, Ieper (Ypres) and Poperinge, and through the Heuvelland all the way to the northern French border at Wervicq and Comines. Heirweg shot his photographs mainly in the early morning or late evening, at times of day when the ordinary visitor does not get to see these world-famous locations. The outcome was a series of images of unique tranquillity. The best of them are collected in this book.
Notes: Text in Dutch and English.