The War Tunnels:
During the Occupation of Jersey, slave labours were used to build Jersey’s underground hospital. The Occupation ended before the tunnels could be fully completed. Now the tunnels are used a museum to attract tourists. While many of the exhibits are recreation of the original uses for the rooms, many simply inform about the Occupation as a whole.
Shoot:
Image One:
Visual:
This image shows a display of several copies of The Jersey Evening Post from during the occupation. In the center of the image a news paper with the headline, ‘The Channel Islands Free Again,’ can be seen. This is the main focus of the image. Behind the display, the bottom half of an archive image is seen. This image shows an man in German uniform talking with a local shopkeeper.
Technical:
To take this image, I used an aperture of F/4, a shutter speed of 1/10 seconds and an ISO of 1600. A large ISO was required to compensate for the low lighting within the tunnels.
During editing, I mage the image black and white. This was to replicate the photos from the 1940s.
Image Two:
Visual:
This image shows a gun mounted to the wall as part of a display.
to capture this image, I used an aperture of F/4.2, a shutter speed of 1/100 seconds and an ISO of 1600.
Technical:
During editing I, again made this image black and white. I also added a dark vignette around the edge of the to draw attention to the gun in the center.
Image Three:
Visual:
This image shows a flyer informing people about the importance of caring for evacuees. The flyer shows an image of a mother with three children stood next to a destroyed building, perhaps their former home.
Technical:
To take this image, I used an aperture of F/4, a shutter speed of 1/20 seconds and an ISO of 1600.
I wanted to keep this image in colour to show off the blue used as part of the flyer.