Joniel da Silva
A documentary that needed a visual language as unflinching as its subjects.
They Fight With Cameras tells the story of Walter Rosenblum — a decorated U.S. Army Signal Corps combat cameraman who documented WWII from D-Day at Omaha Beach to the liberation of Dachau. Narrated by Liev Schreiber, the film combines his photographs, never-before-seen motion picture footage, and letters written to his wife during wartime. It gives credit to those who risked their lives to register what was happening — the uncredited heroes behind the lens of history.
Directed by Nina Rosenblum and Daniel Allentuck, the film had its own distinct art direction. My role as Campaign Art Director was to build a campaign identity that served the film without competing with it — giving it a public presence, a visual architecture, and a voice strong enough to carry the work from screen to audience.
