Coal Searcher Going Home to Jarrow
Artist
Bill Brandt
(English, 1904 - 1983)
Date1937 (printed 1970s)
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 13 7/16 x 11 9/16 in. (34.1 x 29.4 cm)
Support: 20 x 15 15/16 in. (50.8 x 40.5 cm)
Mat: 21 15/16 x 18 1/16 in. (55.7 x 45.9 cm)
Support: 20 x 15 15/16 in. (50.8 x 40.5 cm)
Mat: 21 15/16 x 18 1/16 in. (55.7 x 45.9 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Caroline Burnett, 2012
Object number2012.6.4
DescriptionMan walking alongside bicycle in landscape.eMuseum Notes
Bill Brandt was a British photographer and photojournalist known for his high-contrast black-and-white photographs documenting British society as well as portraits, landscapes, and nudes. He is considered one of Britain’s most important photographers of the twentieth century for his social commentary and the distinctive vision he brought to much of his work, using wide angles, distortions, and high-contrast printing to exaggerate a subject. Here he offers a somewhat bleak portrait of a coal miner wheeling his bicycle home from work.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- miners
- coal
- workers
- laborers
- factories
- bicycles
- paths
- commentaries
- photojournalism
- landscapes (representations)
- social issues
- poverty
- pollution
- stress
- working class
- business
- trade
- transportation
- mining
