FREE Exhibition Guide. Please replace after use. Melanie Friend The Home Front
14 September to 23 November 2013
The Home Front explores the uneasy relationship between militarism and entertainment, ranging from public air shows viewed at British seaside resorts to the secret world of international arms fairs. Made over four years, this is the international premiere of photographer Melanie Friend’s major new exhibition, commissioned by Impressions Gallery.
Avro Lancaster bomber, (part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight), Southport beach, Merseyside, 24 July 2011.
Wing Walkers, Lowestoft Air Show, Suffolk, 12 August 2010.
Avro Lancaster bomber (part of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight), Eastbourne International Airshow, Sussex, 15 August 2009.
Paratrooper from British Army’s Tigers Parachute Display team, Eastbourne International Airshow, Sussex, 13 August 2011.
Hawk T1 military trainers (Red Arrows), Clacton Air Show, Essex, 26 August 2010. Spitfire display at dusk, Bournemouth Air Festival, Dorset, 31 August 2012.
Hawker Hunter fighter, Southport Air Show, Merseyside, 24 July 2011.
Tornado GR4 fighterbomber and the Royal Navy destroyer HMS York, Bournemouth Air Festival, Dorset, 31 August 2012.
Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, Eastbourne International Airshow, Sussex, 15 August 2009.
Avro Vulcan bomber, Lowestoft Air Show, Suffolk, 12 August 2010.
Hawk T1 military trainer, Dawlish Air Show, Devon, 19 August 2010. Hawk T1 military trainers (Red Arrows), Dawlish Air Show, Devon, 8 June 2012.
Vapour trails from Hawk T1 military trainers (Red Arrows), Beachy Head, Eastbourne International Airshow, Sussex, 13 August 2011.
Avro Vulcan bomber, Abingdon Air and Country Show, Dalton Barracks, Oxfordshire, 8 May 2011.
Aircrew trainees from RAF College Cranwell watch F-16 Fighting Falcons (United States Air Force’s Thunderbirds display team), RAF Waddington International Air Show, Lincolnshire, 2 July 2011.
Tank rides at Abingdon Air and Country Show, Dalton Barracks, Oxfordshire, 3 May 2009.
Watching Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft, Biggin Hill International Air Fair, Kent, 26 June 2010. Joe Peagam, 13-year old Bromley Sea Cadet, Biggin Hill International Air Fair, 27 June 2009.
Tank rides, Abingdon, Air and Country Show, Dalton Barracks, Oxfordshire, 8 May 2011.
Abingdon Air and Country Show, Dalton Barracks, Oxfordshire, 3 May 2009.
Army tent, Abingdon Air and Country Show, Dalton Barracks, Oxfordshire, 3 May 2009.
Biggin Hill International Air Fair, Kent, 26 June 2010.
Biggin Hill International Air Fair, 26 June 2010 . Living History group area, with 1940’s mobile canteen, Biggin Hill International Air Fair, Kent, 27 June 2009.
Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary at IWM Duxford, Cambridgeshire, 4 September 2010.
Biggin Hill International Air Fair, 27 June 2009.
Visitors to the air show and Living History group reenactors watch display by Hawk T1 military trainers (Red Arrows), RAF Waddington International Air Show, Lincolnshire, 2 July 2011.
Delegates and visitors on trade day watching F16 fighter jet display, Farnborough, July, 2010.
Thales UK sales team and visitors, with UK-built drone/UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), Le Bourget, Paris air show, 23 June 2011. French army simulate war zone rescue, DSEi (Defence and Security International) fair, Excel, London, 15 September 2011.
MBDA Missiles display stand, Le Bourget, Paris air show, 15 June 2009.
Amputees in Action display, DSEi, Excel, London, 16 September 2011.
Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF), DSEi (Defence and Security International) fair, Excel, London, 15 September 2011. That night the POF stand was closed by DSEi after intervention by Amnesty International and the Green Party, owing to the display of leaflets promoting cluster bombs.
Kongsberg stand, DSEi (Defence and Security International) exhibition, Excel, London, 10 Sept 2009.
World War I War Memorial, Southport, Merseyside, with Hawk T1 military trainers (Red Arrows) during the air show, 23 July 2011. The lettering on the monument reads: ‘Faithful to her we fell and rest content’.