AIPP REFLECTIONS PROJECT
On the 25th of April 2015, the AIPP embarked on 'The Reflections Project - Honouring our WWII Veterans'
The mission: To capture a portrait of every surviving WWII veteran living in Australia and produce a portrait book to be gifted to the Nation.
Over the following two years, and with the help of over 400 AIPP members, we photographed just over 6,500 portraits.
AIPP members throughout Australia including Adelaide Accredited Photographer Robert Monteleone donated their time and skill to capture as many veterans as possible. Included in this collection are the men and women of our Australian, New Zealand and Allied Forces.
On the 17th of August 2017, the entire digital collection was donated to the Australian War Memorial; this collection is proudly displayed in a permanent looping slideshow in their WWII Galleries.
This year is the ‘grand finale’ for our project! At 10am on the 7th of November, two volumes of The Reflections Project Portrait Book will be gifted to the Australian National Library in Canberra.
Dr Brendan Nelson, Director of the Australian War Memorial will present the book to the National Library in the presence of some of our WWII veterans.
There has been so much positive publicity & PR from this project, with all the major media supporting it in print, on-line and on TV.
Please visit our Reflections media page to see some of the stories that we have captured, and the media that supported the project here:http://www.aipp.com.au/reflectio…/reflections-media-coverage
On the 25th of April 2015, the AIPP embarked on 'The Reflections Project - Honouring our WWII Veterans'
The mission: To capture a portrait of every surviving WWII veteran living in Australia and produce a portrait book to be gifted to the Nation.
Over the following two years, and with the help of over 400 AIPP members, we photographed just over 6,500 portraits.
AIPP members throughout Australia including Adelaide Accredited Photographer Robert Monteleone donated their time and skill to capture as many veterans as possible. Included in this collection are the men and women of our Australian, New Zealand and Allied Forces.
On the 17th of August 2017, the entire digital collection was donated to the Australian War Memorial; this collection is proudly displayed in a permanent looping slideshow in their WWII Galleries.
This year is the ‘grand finale’ for our project! At 10am on the 7th of November, two volumes of The Reflections Project Portrait Book will be gifted to the Australian National Library in Canberra.
Dr Brendan Nelson, Director of the Australian War Memorial will present the book to the National Library in the presence of some of our WWII veterans.
There has been so much positive publicity & PR from this project, with all the major media supporting it in print, on-line and on TV.
Please visit our Reflections media page to see some of the stories that we have captured, and the media that supported the project here:http://www.aipp.com.au/reflectio…/reflections-media-coverage