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Murlough, County Down
Beach portraits commemorated Britain’s war dead
Armistice Day on 11 November is an annual celebration of the end of the First World War. For the centenary year, however, the day was marked with a moving tribute to our war dead on beaches across Britain.
Golden Globe-winning director Danny Boyle was commissioned project, which saw large-scale portraits of local casualties being drawn in the sands by volunteers. Communities gathered around the portraits for poetry readings and commemorative silences, before the tides came in and washed away the faces in a poignant reminder of the lives lost to the conflict.
