Northern Exposures by Chris Steele-Perkins
Returning to the North East in 2001 to document the Durham Coalfield, at one time the heartland of the British coal industry, Chris Steele-Perkins found himself in that ex-urban culture that we now associate with Billy Elliot. This world of lamping (for rabbits), ferreting, whippet racing, grouse shooting, pigeon fancying and the rearing of birds of prey is a survival of what D. H. Lawrence once described as a curious cross between industrialism and the old agricultural England of Shakespeare and Milton. Chris Steele-Perkins has memorably recorded this with visual wit, and a constant eye for the extraordinary. Nor is he at all sentimental: the harsh realities of blood-stained slaughter-houses and the vandalism of fly-tipping in the open countryside aren't excluded. His photographs, he says, serve as both eulogy and elegy.
Chris Steele-Perkins is the author and photographer of Afghanistan, Echoes, and Northern Exposures, a runner-up in the Photographic and Art category in the 2008 British Book Design Awards.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781904794202 |
| ISBN 10 | 1904794203 |
| Title | Northern Exposures |
| Author | Chris Steele-Perkins |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | McNidder & Grace |
| Year published | 2007-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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