Simon Brann Thorpe’s seemingly endless procession of real soldiers – posed as toy soldiers – was taken in Lem Tailene, an area within the isolated and hauntingly beautiful territory known as Liberated Western Sahara. At the heart of Toy Soldiers is the unique collaboration between Thorpe and a military commander in the Western Saharan liberation movement. An allegory of modern warfare, Toy Soldiers explores the notion of war games and the dehumanising effects of war. Thorpe pushes the boundaries of documentary photography and presents us with a reality re-constructed.