Walker Evans in 1973. Photographer: Purvis, Alston
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Genre: Portrait Photography Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of a laughing Walker Evans, apparently taken in a restaurant, probably while staying with the Sterns at Hatch Manor, Wiltshire. Prints 73-79 were clearly all taken on the same occasion.
Genre: Landscape Photography A close-up of a clump of tall trees with their branches being blown to the left; the rest of the area is flat with shadow from the trees falling to the left. This image was chosen for the Gordon Fraser Gallery 1975 exhibition 'The Land: twentieth century landscape p...
Barbican Exhibition Print: Land of Littlecote Theme Park, Wilts, 1988. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Genre: Landscape Photography A clearing in a wooded area which has a tall gallows; a dummy dressed in medieval costume hangs from the noose. Mounted on card 505x 404 mm, inscribed '179/ 7151.3' and '16'. Exhibited in Barbican Gallery, Room Six (Last Land). Published in 'Our Forbidden Land' (Lon...
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '1936.5 / P46 / p.40 [crossed out]'. Genre: Landscape Photography View taken from a hill with sunlight falling on the grass in foreground; in the distance flat fields stretch out towards the horizon. Published on page 46 of ‘The Oldest Road: An Exploration of t...
A coombe near the Wansdyke. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '1932.5 / pp 48/49 / p.42'. Genre: Landscape Photography View down a short valley which has a series of lines running across it; the flat landscape then stretches out to the horizon. Published on page 48/9 of ‘The Oldest Road: An Exploration of the Ridgeway’ (L...
East Kennett Long Barrow. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
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Inscription: Inscribed on verso: 'p50 top'. Genre: Landscape Photography View of the long mound atop an incline of fields and surrounded by tall trees. Published on page 50 of ‘The Oldest Road: An Exploration of the Ridgeway’ (London: Wildwood House, 1975). Image size 220 x 159 mm.