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Intro |
Points Of View |
North |
South |
Highlands |
Midlands |
East |
West |
Conclusion
The Heart Of England (The Midlands)
Industrial Heaven and Hell |
In Focus: Berndt And Hilla Becher |
In Focus: JR Herbert
In Focus: Berndt And Hilla Becher
Berndt and Hilla Becher's photographs of pitheads,
taken at collieries all over Britain between 1965 and 1973, are
at an opposite extreme to Coalbrookdale by Night because
they attempt to be completely detached statements of what pitheads
actually look like.
The Bechers took their photographs at a time when
many of the structures were being demolished. This made objectivity
all the more important. The coal mining industry was in decline
and villagers for whom mining had provided the main source of employment
were suffering great hardship. Instead of creating an emotive response
to problems connected with industry as P.J. De Loutherbourg had
done in Coalbrookdale by Night of 1801 they present us
with a factual image and leave us to form our own interpretation.
- Do you like works of art in which your expected reaction is implied or do you prefer a more objective approach?
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