I want to be in a war film

I want to be in a WW2 war film. The photographs form part of a 5 year project depicting WW2 re-enactors. As the WW2 generation are dying out, a post war generation in Britain are keeping history alive. Like many people of the post war generation , I was saturated by WW2. I grew up playing with soldiers, tanks and action men figures. I read war comics, WW2 books and seemed to have watched every black and white war film ever made. Furthermore my grandfathers first hand stories the war and his collection of photographs permeated into my imagination. I realised these re-enactors were maybe like me, perhaps inspired by film, combined with a fascination and passion for history, from seeds planted in my youth. The photos are inspired by cinematic moments frozen in time. To me, British War films seemed to a celebration of Britishness and British life. Depicting its character, heroism, stoicism and sometimes like Star Wars, the simple fight between good and evil. The photographs also convey British eccentricity and obsession, a WW2 community and sub-culture. There also grew a fascination about people form every walk of life becoming actors, escaping from their day to day life into an historical stage set. My photos try not to reflect the horrors of the real war, they are a comment on the war portrayed to me growing up, in film, toys and media. I noticed most photographers used long lenses, or turned up one day to set up studio, but by 5pm they were gone. Inspired by the great war correspondents, my approach was to put on a uniform, get dirty, blend in and immerse myself in the role and life. This bought me an access, intimacy and friendship which otherwise would have been difficult to obtain. Slowly I've turned full circle, back to the child in role play. I sometimes appear in the photographs and have started to work on a war film Pegasus Bridge directed by Lance Steen Anthony Nielsen to be shot in 2016.