The past isn't past

“George Nugent grave, Somme, France, ‘‘ by Bonnell Robinson, in her joint show with photographer Richard Zauft at Lesley University’s VanDernoot Gallery, Cambridge, Mass. through April 7.

Robinson shows photographs of World War I fronts, which she's been photographing for over a decade. "What amazed me was how much remains in evidence of that conflict," she told the gallery. "Unusual contours of wheat fields, undulating hillsides too regular to be natural, occasional debris or rubble, unexploded and rusting shells left by farmers by the roadside to be picked up by demolition teams. …The scars are still visible, haunting and deeply disturbing."