On BBC 4 this evening Alan Bennett narrated a documentary about James Ravilious, one of the great unknowns of British photography.
Son of the renowned water-colourist and engraver Eric Ravilious, he dedicated his art to a small area of north Devon, where over a period of two decades he took more than 80,000 photographs.
This collection has become one of the most comprehensive and poignant archives in the country, documenting an English world and way of life most people had thought long gone.
His photos show real people, mostly eccentrics earning their living as smallholders and getting by on very little. Years ago they were part of everyday life. It begs the question, where have they all gone?
Saturday 7 March 2009
James Ravilious - A World In Photographs
On BBC 4 this evening Alan Bennett narrated a documentary about James Ravilious, one of the great unknowns of British photography.
Son of the renowned water-colourist and engraver Eric Ravilious, he dedicated his art to a small area of north Devon, where over a period of two decades he took more than 80,000 photographs.
This collection has become one of the most comprehensive and poignant archives in the country, documenting an English world and way of life most people had thought long gone.
His photos show real people, mostly eccentrics earning their living as smallholders and getting by on very little. Years ago they were part of everyday life. It begs the question, where have they all gone?
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