The traditions, biases and ranks inside modern British military spaces
Over 2014, Ross Young photographed the military barracks near his home in Belfast. Driving to work in the morning, the 25-year-old would pass the barracks, seeing scattered buildings beyond barbed-wire walls.
“I became really fascinated by the modern military,” he says. “What they do, how they have changed, who they are, what they stand for now.”
The nephew of a lieutenant colonel, he gained access to the barracks and photographed everything: portraits of the soldiers, the buildings, beds, dorms, gyms and churches. But it was the communal eating areas that held his gaze.
“Everything is split by rank. The …read more
Via: BJP
