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Blaenau Ffestiniog, Abandoned Quarry
JOYCE, Paul (Joyce had a successful career as a photographer in the 1970's, when over fifty of his portrait photographs were acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, and examples of his landscape work were acquired by the Government Art Collection. He subsequently became a documentary film maker and painter and is best known as the author of two books based on conversations with David Hockney.
Between 1976 and 1979 he made several visits to Wales, resulting in a cycle of black and white prints that formed the exhibition 'Edge to Edge - Photographs of the Welsh Landscape' which was toured by the then Arts Council Wales and accompanied by a catalogue of the same name.)
Between 1976 and 1979 the photographer Paul Joyce made several visits to Wales, resulting in a collection of black and white prints showing different landscapes from across the country. This photograph shows the slate landscape of Blaenau Ffestiniog, but what story does it tell us of the slate industry in the 1970s?
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 28974
Creation/Production
JOYCE, Paul
Date: 1977 –
Acquisition
Purchase, 31/3/2007
Measurements
h(cm) image size:18.4
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:40.6
w(cm)
h(cm) primary support:40.5
h(cm)
w(cm) primary support:50.7
w(cm)
Techniques
photograph on paper
Material
Paper
ink
Location
In store
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