We Made It: Photographer Brian David Stevens

What do Notting Hill Carnival and World War II have in common?

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A picture from Those that are Left

Photographer Brian David Stevens has contributed to theartsdesk before, most notably with his subtly powerful gallery of Scottish dunescapes with a piquant political edge. Over on Bruichladdich's site, Joe Muggs talks to him about his latest project, a set of portraits of the home-built technology of Notting Hill Carnival's sound systems – and about his long-running project to document the faces of Those that are Left: the veterans of WWII, who he photographed each year on Armistice Day.

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