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Dawn breaks over the English countryside. Birds
greet the morning with song,
while milk cows in the distant fields low softly.... Once these sounds would
have
heralded a peaceful day, but this is the summer of 1940 and the island nation
is
in the grips of war--the Battle of Britain. A woman riding her bicycle,
hearing the
roar of approaching aircraft, stops to gaze upward. She watches Spitfires
from 92
Squadron streak across the sky, determined to search out and destroy the
fighters
and bombers of Hitler's Luftwaffe. Silently, the woman offers up a
prayer....
Through its rich, warm colors and delicate use of light and shading, Phillips'
image
impicitly conveys a lasting message of hope.
© Greenwich Workshop
