OLYMPIC GAMES Beautifully Illustrating British Olympic History

In 2012 England became the first city in history to host the Olympic Games for a third time. In order to commemorate the occasion, Ross Ashton was commissioned to provide one of his world-famous projections.

“I was approached by LOCOG and Windsor because they wanted to celebrate the feeling and emotion of rowing by taking images from real races and victories.”

The palate for Ashton’s presentation was the facade and towers Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle (the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world) just three miles from the Eton Dorney Rowing Center at Dorney Lake, where the rowing competition was held the following week. The amazing piece depicted Olympic heroes from 1908 and 1948 and also presented triumphant images of Britain’s Olympic athletes from the last sixty years.
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, commented:

“As the greatest show on earth begins in the capital, it is absolutely fantastic to see iconic images of athleticism from games past projected onto the Mother of all Parliaments. This mesmeric light show brings to life our sporting heroes and their Olympian achievements from 1908 to the present, helping set the scene for the next few weeks, when records are smashed and new sporting heroes emerge.”

“We couldn’t have had a better day to turn the projection on and its is an honor to have my work on Windsor Castle.”