Work Portraits
Moore, D. 2021. Work Portraits.
| Creators | Moore, D. |
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| Description | Commissioned buy IKS Media Archive, Dusseldorf. I had made my documentary series of ‘work-station portraits’ in 1997-98, showing at The Photographers’ Gallery in 2004 in a larger show entitled ‘Office’. They address the period when computers and the web began to appear in the workplace en-masse for the first time. The work considers isolation and the invisibility of changes within the modern work-place on the worker where instant communication and information overload, became internalized and according to Paul Virilio refer back to the body as “the last urban frontier”. (1997). 'Facing Britain presents a portrait of Britain that is divided, unequal and interspersed with classes, but marked by deep affection, humanity and humour. The photographs speak for themselves, bear witness to artistic concepts and attitudes and convey historical contexts. They call for a view of today's United Kingdom beyond the clichés. Inequality and identity are still the key concepts that dominate the nation and define what makes the exhibition more relevant than ever. Previously virulent themes such as youth unemployment, the decline of the mining industry or protest and demonstration against the policies of Margaret Thatcher are historically illuminated in the exhibition and critically questioned by the participating photographers' ©Michael pritchard September – December 2021 Spring / Summer 2022 |
| Year | 2021 |
| Files | Image credit Unknown File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
| Funder | Facing Britain: British Documentary Photography Since the 1960s |
