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BRAN SYMONDSON

He’s a photographer who became a soldier, but the camera came too. Today, Bran Symondson mixes sculpture and photography into creating work for the new digital art form known as NFT – using AK-47s. Keith Wilson fires some questions…

01 BRIEF ENCOUNTER A moment of rest as a British soldier sits down while on patrol in the soaring heat of Musa Qala

02 CONTACT AND SMOKE During contact with the Taliban, a smoke bomb was popped to mark Bran’s position for air cover

05 MAKE ART, NOT WAR Three of Bran’s decommissioned AK-47 assault rifles transformed into artworks: Blue AK-47 (main image), Beat of a Wing (bottom left), Spoils of War Draco (bottom right). Bran is releasing his first NFT collection, 2047 AK-47 artworks, in mid-Feb 2022. More info at www.kalash47.com

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