| Titre | Life: An Interview with Ian Beesley | |
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| Auteur | Aurore Caignet, Ian Beesley | |
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Revue | Etudes anglaises |
| Numéro | vol. 76, no 2, avril-juin 2023 “The Right to Look Back” : l'archive photographique et la construction de l'image de l'Autre | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Articles |
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| Page | 215-224 | |
| Résumé anglais |
This interview followed the first career retrospective of Bradford-born social documentary photographer Ian Beesley which was shown at Salts Mill in Saltaire, West Yorkshire, in 2022.1 Through his photographic documentation of the North of England's social and industrial history, Ian Beesley has recorded places of work and the working lives of people and industrial communities in a rapidly changing urban and social environment, where industry was central to regional identity. Having started photography in the 1970s—he was awarded a Kodak Scholarship for Social Documentation in 1977—Beesley captured irrevocable change caused by the decline of industry in the North of England, such as the demolition of textile mills, the closures of heavy industries—mines, foundries, steelworks—and slum clearances. Ian Beesley has worked as an artist in residence at several places, including industrial sites, and was also course leader of the Photography MA at the University of Bolton and Associate Professor at the University of Central Lancashire. In 2012, he was awarded the Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society and in 2019 he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bradford for his outstanding contribution to arts and culture. His latest book Life: Ian Beesley. A Career Retrospective, which features 300 photos—mostly black and white images—taken across and beyond the Bradford district since the 1970s, was published by the British Journal of Photography and Bluecoat Press, and officially launched at Salts Mill in July 2023. Source : Éditeur (via Cairn.info) |
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