4 November 2014Last updated at 02:30

In pictures: They that are left

Every Remembrance Sunday for 10 years between 2002 and 2012 photographer Brian David Stevens visited the Cenotaph to make a series of portraits of war veterans who gathered as part of the commemorations which are held across the UK in honour of those who died in wars and conflicts.

The resulting work, They That Are Left, is to go on show for the first time at the Royal Armouries in Leeds.

Brian David Stevens said: "The passing of time is an important part of the project. It is only a 10-day shoot, but spread over 10 years it becomes something different."

"Obviously there was a lot of pressure to get it right in the later years of the project."

The pictures are not captioned. They are offered as faces of the Unknown Soldier, those who fought for their country.

He added: "These faces then are of unknown soldiers, no cap badges, no ribbons of spooling medals, no insignia for military rank. They are faces only. Each deep-etched with who they are and what they did, that we might look, and think - and thank them."

Each veteran is photographed against a black cloth, to give uniformity and a studio feel to the pictures.

They That Are Left can be seen at the Royal Armouries in Leeds from 10 November 2014 to February 2015 and will then travel to The Royal Armouries site in Fort Nelson, Portsmouth.

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In pictures: They that are left

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