Documentary Photography by Charles J. Page
memories in place: the centenary of ww1
There are no WW1 Australian soldiers still alive. However, I believe that the places visited for this project retain an emotional resonance that drives the project.
| Memories in Place is a long term documentary photography project that I began in 2008. The outcome will be a high quality book designed and produced by Griffith University in Brisbane Australia. In 2014 the book will be donated as a fundraiser to community organisations who support Australian veterans and their dependents:
The War Widows Guild of Australia Anzac Day, Ballarat 2011 
Anzac Day, Ballarat 2011
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'these images provide a contemporary view not an historical one'
the memories in place project
The names of WW1 battlefields where millions died are memorialised in Australia in a range of interesting ways. As a result of the patriotic fervour in post war Australia, housing estates, suburban streets, country towns, rivers and soldier settlements reflect names that had become synonymous with sacrifice.
This project explores the enduring connections between these places in Australia and Europe that became inexorably linked as a result of the war. How do places such as Pozieres or Passchendaele in Australia resonate with those places in Belgium and France one hundred years on? What impact does this have on our understanding of war, peace, nationhood and friendship?
This project explores the enduring connections between these places in Australia and Europe that became inexorably linked as a result of the war. How do places such as Pozieres or Passchendaele in Australia resonate with those places in Belgium and France one hundred years on? What impact does this have on our understanding of war, peace, nationhood and friendship?
