Bloody Reality (2008)

Article published within The Guardian G2 Supplement on the 25th November, 2008. The photo-essay was included to offer context to the War and Medicine exhibition recently opened at the Wellcome Collection.

Extract:

Last year, the artist David Cotterrell went to Afghanistan to observe the work of military medical staff at the main field hospital at Camp Bastion. His diary and photographs, now on show in London, are a harrowing reminder of the cost of war.

03/11/07 Leaving Brize Norton
05.25: Waiting in departure lounge of RAF Brize Norton. After wake up call at 04.00, breakfast at 04.30, I have successfully checked in for my C17 transporter flight to Kandahar. I am the only passenger. Dressed in combat trousers, desert boots, body armour and with a 20kg bag as handluggage, I am relieved to be ready and in the right place. [ . . .]

This article is available to download in pdf format here.

Categories:

Authored by D.C.

Works:

9-Liner (v) , For Frank , Green Room (v) , Serial Loop (v) , Theatre (v)

Exhibitions:

Krieg und Medizin, War and Medicine

Awards:

War & Medicine : War Artist Commission

News:

Bearing witness: the role of war artists in the 21st century - 26.10.09, Trauma - 20.11.15

Talks:

Army medics on the front-line (v)

Downloads:

Guardian G2 : Bloody Reality

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