- Ken Bell
Ken Bell (born
July 30 ,1914 inToronto ,Ontario ,Canada ) was a Canadianphotographer during theSecond World War , operating inFrance ,Belgium ,Holland andGermany .One of Canada's most accomplished photographers, Bell documented Canada's participation in
World War II while serving as alieutenant in theCanadian Army Film and Photo Unit .Like his better known contemporary
Robert Capa , Bell participated in theNormandy Landings , disembarking atJuno Beach onJune 6 1944 withThe Highland Light Infantry of Canada (now known as theRoyal Highland Fusiliers of Canada ). The first wave suffered 50% casualties, the second highest of the five D-Day beachheads.His war photographs - taken with a
Rolleiflex camera - are housed byLibrary and Archives Canada . [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/framingcanada/026020-2003-e.html] , inOttawa .After the war he had a successful career as a professional
photographer .In 1953 he published "Curtain Call", a collection of photographs in which he "tried to show the changes brought by man and nature in the 5 years since VE day". This was followed in 1973 by "Not in Vain", published by the
University of Toronto Press , a collection of photographs taken partly during the war, and partly 25 years later when he returned to the same locations inFrance ,Belgium andHolland .In 1990, he collaborated with Desmond Morton to publish a book detailing the history of the
Royal Canadian Military Institute .His nephew
Richard Williams is a noted Canadiananimator .He died on June 26 2000 in
Gibsons ,British Columbia ,Canada .References
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0715358553/ Not in Vain at Amazon.com]
Bibliography
*"Curtain Call", 1953
*"Not in Vain", University of Toronto Press, 1973
*"100 years: The Royal Canadian Regiment, 1883-1983", Collier Macmillan Canada, 1983
*"The Way We Were", University of Toronto Press, 1988
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