For several years I worked as a volunteer ranger at Hinchingbrooke Country Park and documented the workings of the park photographically. I have now restored these photographs, having sat dormant in my archive for many years.

The Second World War was the photographer’s war; camera technology had developed and photographers were able to get closer to the action. Here we explore some of the best photographs taken throughout the war by documentary photographers and photojournalists.

I’ve always admired photography’s ability to capture moments in our past and how these captured moments form an intrinsic part of our memories and recollections of events and bygone places. Recently I revisited the town of my childhood and explored it through photography, recalling many long-forgotten places.

From Jewish refugee fleeing fascism in Hungary to becoming one of the greatest war and documentary photographers of the Twentieth Century.