MILAN, 23RD AUGUST 2021
I’m delighted that my photograph "SOUND MIRROR, Greatstone, UK" has been published on PhotoVogue. Selected by Alessia Glaviano, Photo Editor of Vogue Italia and L’Uomo Vogue.
One of the 3 concrete acoustic mirrors at Greatstone near Denge in Kent, UK. This is a 30-foot wide dish, constructed in 1930.
The three concrete "listening ears" at Greatstone range in size from 20 to 200 feet in size. Built between 1928-30, the sound mirrors were part of Britain's national defence strategy. They were designed to pick up the sound of approaching enemy aircraft. Sound waves were caught in the belly of the mirror and relayed back through microphones and a stethoscope to an operator who raised the alarm. Anti-aircraft defences were then deployed. The mirrors effectively gave Britain a fifteen-minute warning of an impending attack.
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