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Military transport aircraft flying over autumn trees during the Operation Market Garden commemoration at the Ginkelse Heide | PHAM. Creative

Market Garden

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Photography

YEAR

2025

INFO

Photographing 2,200 Allied paratroopers at the Ginkelse Heide, commemorating Operation Market Garden.

Gallery

Gallery

Transport aircraft passing over the Ginkelse Heide during the Market Garden commemoration
Spectators watching paratroopers drop from a line of transport aircraft
Onlooker reaching skyward as an aircraft passes over the drop zone
Smoke trails against a blue sky above the commemoration
Black and white view of paratroopers descending through smoke trails
Transport aircraft passing over the Ginkelse Heide during the Market Garden commemoration
Spectators watching paratroopers drop from a line of transport aircraft
Onlooker reaching skyward as an aircraft passes over the drop zone
Smoke trails against a blue sky above the commemoration
Black and white view of paratroopers descending through smoke trails

THE CHALLENGE

A commemoration is not a spectacle, and 2,200 paratroopers landing on the Ginkelse Heide is a scale that resists a single frame. The challenge was to cover the drop with the reach it deserved while holding the tone the occasion required — documenting the event without turning remembrance into action photography.

APPROACH

As part of commemorating Operation Market Garden, I had the incredible opportunity to photograph the 2,200 Allied paratroopers at the Ginkelse Heide. This powerful event honoured the bravery of those who took part in the daring airborne assault of September 1944. Capturing these moments not only highlighted the scale and significance of the operation but also connected history to the present, preserving the memory of their courage.

Full gallery

Transport aircraft passing over the Ginkelse Heide during the Market Garden commemoration
Spectators watching paratroopers drop from a line of transport aircraft
Onlooker reaching skyward as an aircraft passes over the drop zone
Smoke trails against a blue sky above the commemoration
Black and white view of paratroopers descending through smoke trails
Parachutes descending over the treeline at the Ginkelse Heide
Paratroopers and a transport aircraft seen through the trees
Transport aircraft passing overhead framed by branches
Black and white view of the re-enactment camp with vintage vehicles and tents
Re-enactor walking past a vintage military jeep at the encampment
Rows of canvas tents and period vehicles at the commemoration camp
Interior of a period military tent with field equipment
Wartime maps and documents laid out on a table
Vintage camera resting among period equipment at the encampment
Two re-enactors in period uniform in conversation
Vintage military truck driving through the commemoration site
Re-enactors staging a field medical scene inside a tent
Period helmets and kit stored on a field shelf
Re-enactor standing in a lit field hospital tent
Vintage military truck parked among the trees
Field workshop tent filled with period tools and equipment
Interior of a military vehicle with period equipment
Field kitchen set up under canvas at the encampment
Period military vehicles and equipment at the commemoration camp
Transport aircraft passing over the Ginkelse Heide during the Market Garden commemoration
Spectators watching paratroopers drop from a line of transport aircraft
Onlooker reaching skyward as an aircraft passes over the drop zone
Smoke trails against a blue sky above the commemoration
Black and white view of paratroopers descending through smoke trails
Parachutes descending over the treeline at the Ginkelse Heide
Paratroopers and a transport aircraft seen through the trees
Transport aircraft passing overhead framed by branches
Black and white view of the re-enactment camp with vintage vehicles and tents
Re-enactor walking past a vintage military jeep at the encampment
Rows of canvas tents and period vehicles at the commemoration camp
Interior of a period military tent with field equipment
Wartime maps and documents laid out on a table
Vintage camera resting among period equipment at the encampment
Two re-enactors in period uniform in conversation
Vintage military truck driving through the commemoration site
Re-enactors staging a field medical scene inside a tent
Period helmets and kit stored on a field shelf
Re-enactor standing in a lit field hospital tent
Vintage military truck parked among the trees
Field workshop tent filled with period tools and equipment
Interior of a military vehicle with period equipment
Field kitchen set up under canvas at the encampment
Period military vehicles and equipment at the commemoration camp

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