IWM was founded on 5th March 1917 when the War Cabinet approved a proposal by Sir Alfred Mond MP for the creation of a national war museum to record the events still taking place during the First World War. The intention was to collect and display material as a record of everyone’s experiences during that war – civilian and military – and to commemorate the sacrifices of all sections of society.
Today, Imperial War Museum has five branches across the UK: IWM, Chruchill War Rooms, HMS Belfast, IWM North and IWM Duxford.
Genesis is proud to have been a part of Imperial War Museum London’s exhibition, Storyteller: Photography by Tim Hetherington, producing Dibond mounted C-type and Giclée prints.
The exhibition explores a more thoughtful and visually captivating insight into conflict than in the news we watch or read, and challenges assumptions about war and those caught up in it.
A celebrated photojournalist, filmmaker and humanitarian, Hetherington often returned to the same places over several months or years to develop better connections with those whose stories he told.
Storyteller marks the 13th anniversary of Hetherington’s death while filming and photographing the Libyan Civil War (2011). With photography from across his career and a selection of his cameras and diaries on display, the exhibition also features his film Sleeping Soldiers, shown across three screens as it was intended to be viewed.
