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Process Views: Making The Lost Men France

  • Jun 30, 2014
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Updated: 1 day ago

Workers preparing the installation site for Paul Emmanuel’s The Lost Men France near the Thiepval Memorial in France, 2014.
Fabrication and site preparation for Paul Emmanuel’s The Lost Men France, Thiepval, France, 2014.

The Lost Men France

Archival process views from the making and installation of The Lost Men France, installed in 2014 adjacent to the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme in France as an official event of the First World War centenary.


These photographs and the accompanying clip document fabrication, site preparation, handling, and installation before the work was fully in place.


Workshop fabrication for Paul Emmanuel’s The Lost Men France, showing steel components being welded in 2014.

Concrete mixing equipment on site during the installation of Paul Emmanuel’s The Lost Men France near the Thiepval Memorial in France, 2014.

Auger drilling a support hole during the installation of Paul Emmanuel’s The Lost Men France near Thiepval, France, 2014.

Steel support pole being lifted into position during the installation of Paul Emmanuel’s The Lost Men France, Thiepval, France, 2014.

On-site welding during the installation of Paul Emmanuel’s The Lost Men France in a field near the Thiepval Memorial, France, 2014.

Translucent printed fabric from Paul Emmanuel’s The Lost Men France being handled in a wheat field near Thiepval, France, 2014.

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Video clip: the first banner being raised during the installation of The Lost Men France, Thiepval, 2014.
Rows of steel supports and translucent banners during the installation of Paul Emmanuel’s The Lost Men France near Thiepval, France, 2014.


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