Ian Bramham's Photoblog
Tony Bramham - "D Day, 6th June 1944"
Posted by Ian Bramham (Manchester, United Kingdom) on 6 June 2009 in Art & Design and Portfolio.
My uncle, Tony Bramham, is a very talented artist and this is a photo I took recently for him of his mixed media, paint and pencil drawing that he produced to commemorate the D Day landings 65 years ago today when so many soldiers lost their lives on the beaches of Normandy.
The original drawing is about 3 feet tall by 2 feet across (90cm x 60cm) so it's difficult for this small scale photo to do justice to the detail contained in the original.
The red poppy that you can see in the drawing is the flower used in the UK to remember those who lost their lives in both world wars and in other conflicts since.
For purchasing high quality archival prints of any of these photos you can send me an email by clicking here or by going to MY NEW WEBSITE where prices are listed in the gallery sections under each individual photo.
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Links to the websites of other photographers whose work I love and who have all helped me enormously over a long period of time. I find the work of all 3 to be inspirational.
Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TKS ************
6 Jun 2009 6:06am
Anna.C from LA ROCHELLE, France
great tribute to your uncle Ian ! his drawing is so beautiful, so much fine details ! great artist ! thanks to all these guys who lost their life for French people and freedom in the world !
6 Jun 2009 7:21am
Pavan Kaul from Mumbai, India
A great and most touching tribute:) Great work Ian!
6 Jun 2009 11:46am
Ian Smith from London, United Kingdom
Such a creative family! You're uncle is one talented artist, and what a wonderful tribute. Hats off...
6 Jun 2009 4:31pm
John Leech from Grange-over-Sands, United Kingdom
Nice piece of drawing.
The more I find out about these events the sadder they become. I don't have any direct family links to any of the WWII events, though a great uncle is buried in one of the Normandy sites from WWI. I find it all quite moving.
6 Jun 2009 8:19pm
Bookfool from Mississippi, United States
Wow, that's a beautiful work of art. I wish I could see it full-size.
7 Jun 2009 12:21am
Vinman from Essex, United Kingdom
Very good drawing, the poppy is almost 3 dimensional.
7 Jun 2009 1:33pm
Frida from Sweden
A very good drawing. It runs in the family ? the creative imaging flow.
7 Jun 2009 10:23pm
@Frida: I wish that I had Tony's ability to draw and paint like that. It doesn't take any great natural ability to be a photographer in my view. I'm certain that given enough time and practice anyone could be taught to be a decent fine art photographer but that isn't the case with painting or drawing.
raymond from Geneva, Switzerland
beautiful picture. so many details! i would definitely like to buy the original if it is still possible.
10 Jun 2009 5:40pm
@raymond: Tony has already sold the original of this picture I'm afraid. He borrowed it back from the owner so we could take this record photograph. Tony still has some high quality signed limited edition prints available at the 90cm x 60cm size of the original picture if that's of any interest.
Nikon D40
1/50 second
F/8.0
ISO 200
157 mm (35mm equiv.)