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Background information
"Central themes in the photographic book 'The Longest Way Round' by Chris DORLEY-BRWON are love and war; His father Peter was a prisoner of war in Germany during WWII, his mother was a GI bride, and the after-effects of the war lingered within the family. Simultaneously revealing a disappearing history and connecting past experience with the present, he has assembled his own contemporary photographs alongside his deceased parents’ historical pictures, family letters and wartime documents.
Themes in this intimate book are universally identifiable within the European experience since the Second World War. Addressing subjects of personal identity and memory, the narrative reveals a painful family legacy while offering potential for a sense of closure.
Content
A visual investigation of the author’s family history, the photo volume 'The Longest Way Round' by Chris DORLEY-BROWN is a construct of historical images woven together with new photographs. Uncovering a treasure trove of archive material not intended for the family album, he presents a multi-layered alternative narrative for the course of events that shaped the late 20th century." (slightly adapted publisher's text, © Overlapse, 2015)