Helmand: Faces of Conflict at the National War Museum,
features the photography of Robert Wilson, war artist with
Edinburgh's 52 Infantry Brigade. From the rocket pod on an Apache
helicopter to an unfinished jigsaw at base camp, Wilson captures
the lives of soldiers and civilians with an unflinching sense of
intimacy.
The exhibition features a series of photographs taken from
Robert Wilson's official book, Helmand. The photographs
depict up-close portraits of soldiers fighting in the war in
Afghanistan which has killed almost 1,000 coalition troops to
date.
From the faces of weary men returning from three weeks on patrol
to the dusty landscape of their surroundings, the photographs are
both delicate and monumental in detail and heighten the sense of
human vulnerability at the very heart of war.
View a small selection of some of the portraits featured in the
exhibition.
Click on each of the images to see a larger image. All images ©
Robert Wilson.