The Postcards series is based on French official propaganda postcards from the First World War aimed to bring hope and comfort to those at home.I have re-staged these old scenes in contemporary costumes, the soldiers and the nurses conscientiously taking care of them are shown in modern day dress but acting out old-fashioned scenarios. At one level they are just comical enactments of a historical mode of propaganda. But they also act as a reminder that the sentiments accorded to serving soldiers are still part of an ideology of heroism being played out in contemporary warfare. We may think our contemporary imagery is much more sophisticated yet the content and ideology remains similar in modern portrayals of brave soldiers.