Iain Duncan Smith’s portrait made from photos of people who died for being poor

(satire?)

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Edward Jacques:

Graham Shawcross:

David Coupe:

David Groves:

Trevor Drakard:

David Clapson:

Annette Francis:

Nick Barker:

Leanne Chambers:

Robert Barlow:

Cecilia Burns:

Mark and Helen Mullins:

Martin Hadfield:

Paul Reekie:

Tim Salter:

Colin Traynor:

Brian McArdle:

Mark Wood:

Linda Wootton:

Chris Smith:

Karen Sherlock:

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With thanks – and apologies – to Joe Wezorek:

Given this image’s inflammatory nature, I posted it with a great deal of trepidation. I had a hard time deciding if it was the right thing to do and I am still not sure. No, I didn’t have the consent of the families of those pictured, and I apologize for any additional pain that this image causes them.

‘War Minister’ is meant to be a satirical commentary, informed by the whole project of using the dead as political props. I’m not making a penny off the image, and never will attempt to do so.

I’d also like to point out that ‘War Minister’ is an image. It is not a textual statement or rhetorical argument. An image is like an empty room and any message that anyone reads in that room necessarily comes in the baggage he or she carries with them when they walk through the door.

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