Art
No Man’s Land
Bristol Cathedral hosts its largest ever exhibition as it continues its
remembrance of the centenary of the First World War.
No Man’s Land offers rarely-seen
female perspectives on the First World War, featuring images taken by women who worked
as nurses, ambulance drivers, and official photographers, as well as contemporary artists
directly inspired by the conflict.
Commemorating the First World War Centenary, No Man’s Land features photographs by three women of the epoch, alongside three women making work a century later.
Highlights include never-before-exhibited frontline images by nurses Mairi Chisholm and
Florence Farmborough; photographs by Olive Edis, the UK’s first female official
photographer sent to a war zone; and new work by contemporary photographer and former
soldier Alison Baskerville.
Dr Pippa Oldfield, Head of Programme at Impressions Gallery and curator of the exhibition, says, “Most people think of war photography as images of male soldiers, made by photojournalists in the combat zone.
However, the work in No Man’s Land shows many other ways to photograph war, offering different viewpoints by
women who have historically been excluded. I hope visitors will be moved and surprised by what they see”.
April 7-July 1, 8am-5pm daily: free, all welcome. For more info, visit bristol-cathedral.co.uk/whats-on/no-mans-land
Pictured: Olive Edis, Commandant Johnson and two other women of the General Service Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Motor Convoy outside Nissen Huts, Abbeville, France, 1919 © IWM (Q 8036)
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