Ahead of the celebrations of the 65th anniversary...

"I wanted to show ordinary people who went through extraordinary times," said Hill.

James Hill began working on this project on May 9, 2006, portraying veterans in Moscow"s Gorky Park, and continued it on the same dates in 2007, 2008 and 2009. He gave each veteran he photographed a copy of the picture.

He said he did not want to picture veterans in "heroic poses," because their simple looks express their heroism even better. It is all in their eyes, their sincere and slightly sad smiles.

Hill said that to him the most interesting point is that they are ordinary people but who lived in extraordinary times and who are still living with the memory of that time.

"I am sure if you ask these veterans if they consider themselves to be heroes, they would say "no,"" he said. "They would say "I am just an ordinary person, I did what I was needed to do for my country.""

He also said he was drawn into this project because everything felt very true and very

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