The Man Who Shot the Great War

By Diarmuid Lavery and Brian Henry Martin

Described as “a photographic discovery of the century”, this eBook based on the documentary of the same name uncovers the remarkable story of Lance Corporal George Hackney, the British soldier who took his camera to fight in the battlefields of the Western Front during World War I. Read how his wartime experiences fuelled an unlikely moral quest that was to change his life forever.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Sep 25, 2018
• ISBN: 9781974929184

Diarmuid Lavery

Diarmuid Lavery was born as Dermot Joseph Lavery. He is a producer and director, known for documentary films such as “Road” (2014), “From Belfast to Dachau” (2005) and “Those Were the Days” (2011). He co-established the Belfast-based production company DoubleBand Films with Michael Hewitt in 1988.

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THE MAN WHO SHOT THE GREAT WAR

By

Diarmuid Lavery and Brian Henry Martin

Adapted from the film "The Man Who Shot the Great War"

This edition published by Dreamscape Media LLC, 2018

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About the Authors

The Man Who Shot the Great War

About the Authors

Diarmuid Lavery was born as Dermot Joseph Lavery. He is a producer and director, known for documentary films such as Road (2014), From Belfast to Dachau (2005) and Those Were the Days (2011). He co-established the Belfast-based production company DoubleBand Films with Michael Hewitt in 1988.

Brian Henry Martin is an award winning filmmaker, broadcaster and cinema aficionado from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has worked around the world and directed over thirty documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4 including Making The Monkees, Britain Goes Camping and The Other Prince William. He is also a founder member of the Belfast Film Festival.

The Man Who Shot the Great War 

On October 3, 1915, Lance Corporal George Hackney set off for the Western Front of World War I. 

He brought his camera with him.

This is the story of Hackney, a man who, as a private wartime photographer, shot priceless and rare photographs, never before seen, of the front line in World War I. 

At the time, only officially registered photographers were permitted to take pictures, making Hackney’s photographs as rare as they are important. In this eBook based on the documentary film, The Man Who Shot the Great War, Several experts revisit the images and discuss what they tell us. They also attempt to fill in the story of this brave but conflicted photographer and his spiritual journey, both during and after the war. Among them are historian Philip Orr, Amanda Moreno of the Royal Irish Regiment Museum, and military historian Martin Pegler. We also hear from Hackney’s friend Hushang Jamshidi, Paul Seawright, Professor of Photography and Head of Belfast School of Art at the University of Ulster; Franky