Michael St Maur Sheil
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Press Room
Since Fields of Battle's pre-launch event at Westminster Hall in 2013, the project has enjoyed National and International press coverage, within the UK, Europe and as far afield as the US, and New Zealand.
Click on the links below to view a selection of online articles published over the last four years.
Fox 4 News - Kansas City
http://fox4kc.com/2017/05/29/photographer-displays-wwi-battlefields-as-they-look-today-at-liberty-memoria
Irish Times
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/no-man-s-landscapes-1.18450
BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-284610
Smithsonian
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/europe-landscape-still-scarred-world-war-i-180951430/?no-i
Featureshoot
http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/07/haunting-series-documents-painful-reminders-first-world-wa
Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-2601293/2-Paris-exhibits-shed-light-First-World-War.ht
France TV
http://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/expositions/photo/fields-of-battle-la-beaute-des-paysages-pacifies-de-la-grande-guerre-1532
Rendezvous France
http://in.rendezvousenfrance.com/en/events/fields-battle-lands-peace-1914-19
Suddeutsche Zeitung
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ausstellungen-zum-ersten-weltkrieg-wo-der-weltenbrand-begreifbar-wird-1.1936476
Kansas City - National World War One Museum - Fox 4 News Interview
Fox 4 News Reporter Matt Stewart interviews Mike Sheil in Kansas City on Memorial Day.
Photographer displays WWI battlefields as they look today at Liberty Memorial.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Veterans and their families gathered under the Liberty Memorial this morning to honor those men and women who died in battle.
"The idea behind the photographs is they show lands which were once places of horror and killing, and today, you know, time and nature have healed the wounds of war and they're actually places of great beauty, and great peace and tranquility," said photographer and Keynote speaker Mike Sheil.
As the keynote speaker, he talked about the impact America had on the war. Sheil, a native of England, expressed his honor in being chosen to speak at the ceremony.
Read the full article: HERE
Kansas City - National World War One Museum and Memorial - On display until Aug 20th 2017
Doran Cart - Senior Curator of the Museum, shares his thoughts on the exhibition and his passion for the subject in the video below.
"Over all the years that the National World War One Museum has been doing special exhibitions, the one that I'm going to talk about now is probably one of the most special"
Belfast City Hall
Forming part of Belfast City Council’s wider ‘Decade Of Centenaries: Reflections On 1916’ programme, Fields of Battle Lands of Peace will be outside Belfast City Hall until
August 28th.
Click to the right to view a short video.
(There is a delay of around 12 seconds before the video starts).
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The Exhibition
Fields of Battle has been on display in Paris, London, Nottingham, Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Strasbourg, Istanbul and Kansas City.
Click above to learn more about the exhibition and future destinations.
The Charitable Trust
Fields of Battle 14-18 is registered as a not-for-profit charity in the UK. It exists purely through the generosity of the public together with securing corporate sponsorship and grants.
Click above to find out more.
The Photographer
The original concept of the late broadcaster, historian and author, Professor Richard Holmes, it took photographer Mike St Maur Sheil eight years to complete the photography for Fields of Battle.
Video
View a short video on the inspiration behind Michael St Maur Sheil's journey capturing the emotional and historical heritage of landscapes which witnessed the monumental events of the
First World War.
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