Documentary Photography

[Efrogwr]

Inspired by Slope's post about Chris Killiip.

It's worth lokking at James Ravilious's photographs of rural life in North Devon. Similarly to Chris Killip, he spent years recording the lives and work of local people.

[slope]

It's worth lokking at James Ravilious's photographs of rural life in North Devon. Similarly to Chris Killip, he spent years recording the lives and work of local people.

Thanks Efrogwr for that heads up

And Chris Chapman too - I think IanH of this parish may have alerted us also - all good and much appreciated👍

https://youtu.be/tyZwq7AUHKI

[Efrogwr]

It's worth lokking at James Ravilious's photographs of rural life in North Devon. Similarly to Chris Killip, he spent years recording the lives and work of local people.

Thanks Efrogwr for that heads up

And Chris Chapman too - I think IanH of this parish may have alerted us also - all good and much appreciated👍

https://youtu.be/tyZwq7AUHKI

Thank you. I hadn't heard of Chris Chapman before, so I'll chase him up.

[slope]

Martin Parr, a documentary photographer?

Silly question obviously. But here's a deffo 'DP' snapper, Chris Killip, being interviewed about Mr Parr

https://youtu.be/X9Dj9ynb8QE

Warning: Contains striking beautiful human images

[Peter]

Inspired by Slope's post about Chris Killiip.

It's worth lokking at James Ravilious's photographs of rural life in North Devon. Similarly to Chris Killip, he spent years recording the lives and work of local people.

James's father, Eric was a very interesting painter and war-artist, who, sadly, failed to return from a flight in WW2.

[andrewc]

There was an excellent film about Eric Ravilious released last year. “Drawn to War”.   Worth seeing if you can track it down.

[Peter]

Thanks, Andrew, I'll look for that.  A couple of years ago I had a calendar of his paintings.  I remember a railway carriage (I think) and landscapes rather Nash-like.  I'll have a look through the images on the net to remind myself.

all the best

Peter

[rogerzilla]

Tim Page died last year - his Vietnam stuff was very good, and he was a bit of a character.  Although not one you'd want to meet your parents.  He used Leicas in Vietnam, apparently because they were the only cameras that kept working when you had to take cover in a watery foxhole.

[andrewc]

https://britishculturearchive.co.uk/liverpool-in-the-1980s-rob-bremner-photos/


Some from Liverpool.


https://twitter.com/MarcDavenant    If you use Twitter then Marc Davenant is worth a look.  He's having an exhibition at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead in October.

[IanDG]

Inspired by Slope's post about Chris Killiip.

It's worth lokking at James Ravilious's photographs of rural life in North Devon. Similarly to Chris Killip, he spent years recording the lives and work of local people.

Wonderful photography

https://youtu.be/sq2iZmEmF8A

[rafletcher]

On PBS, by pure chance, I saw a documentary on Nick Ut, the 17 yr old AP photographer (whose older brother, also an AP photographer had already been killed) who took the “Burning girl” photograph in the Vietnam war. He had the eye.