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Robert Darch
Robert Darch (born 1979) is a British artist-photographer. His first book, ''The Moor,'' was published in 2018. Life and work Darch was born in Birmingham and grew up in Droitwich Spa. He studied Documentary Photography at University of Wales, Newport, graduating in 2004. He returned to study photography at Plymouth University in 2013 after a long period of illness, gaining a Masters in Photography & The Book and an MFA in Photographic Arts. Darch's work was included in the book ''Another Country: British Documentary Photography Since 1945'', by Gerry Badger and published by Thames & Hudson. Darch resides in Devon, England, where he located the fictional town of Durlescombe, the setting for an on-going series exploring his familial attachment to this specific region of England. ''The Moor'' (2018) depicts a fictionalised dystopian future situated on the bleak moorland landscapes of Dartmoor, Devon. ''Vale'' (2020) reflects on a long period of ill health Darch suffered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birmingham
Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West Midlands metropolitan county, and approximately 4.3 million in the wider metropolitan area. It is the largest UK metropolitan area outside of London. Birmingham is known as the second city of the United Kingdom. Located in the West Midlands region of England, approximately from London, Birmingham is considered to be the social, cultural, financial and commercial centre of the Midlands. Distinctively, Birmingham only has small rivers flowing through it, mainly the River Tame and its tributaries River Rea and River Cole – one of the closest main rivers is the Severn, approximately west of the city centre. Historically a market town in Warwickshire in the medieval period, Birmingham grew during the 18th century during the Midla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tish Murtha
Patricia Anne "Tish" Murtha (14 March 1956 – 13 March 2013) was a British social documentary photographer best known for documenting marginalised communities, social realism and working class life in Newcastle upon Tyne and the North East of England. The posthumously published books of her work are ''Youth Unemployment'' (2017), ''Elswick Kids'' (2018) and ''Juvenile Jazz Bands'' (2020). Background and education Murtha was born on 14 March 1956 in South Shields, North East, England. In 1976, aged 20, she left home to study at the School of Documentary Photography at The University of Wales, Newport, set up by Magnum Photos member David Hurn. After graduating in 1978, she returned to Newcastle and set out to document ''“marginalized communities from the inside”'' - unlike other photographers who came to document social poverty in the region at the time Murtha didn’t just document it, she actually lived it, as the third of ten children of Irish descent, brought up in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hurn
David Hurn (born 21 July 1934) is a British documentary photographer and member of Magnum Photos. Life and work Hurn was born on 21 July 1934 in Redhill, Surrey, England. He was raised in Cardiff, Wales. Because of his dyslexia he joined the school camera club. After leaving school he headed for London, hoping to become a photographer. Hurn is a self-taught photographer. He began his career in 1955 when he worked for Reflex Agency. He gained his reputation as a photojournalist for his documentation of the Hungarian revolution of 1956, and is featured in two of Ken Russell's films for the ''Monitor'' television arts' series, ''A House in Bayswater'' (1960), and ''Watch the Birdie'' (1963). In 1965 he became associated with Magnum Photos and became a full member in 1967. In 1963, Hurn was commissioned by the producers of the James Bond films to shoot a series of stills with Sean Connery and the actresses of '' From Russia with Love''. When the theatrical property Walther PPK p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hill (photographer)
Paul Hill is the name of: * Paul Hill (musician) (1934–1999), American music director, founder of the Master Chorale of Washington (formerly the Paul Hill Chorale) * Paul Jennings Hill (1954–2003), the murderer of abortion provider John Britton * Paul Hill (Guildford Four) (born 1954), Irish man convicted and later cleared of terrorist offences * Paul Hill (flight director) (born 1962), American flight director for NASA Mission Control Center * Paul Hill (rugby union) (born 1995), English rugby union player * Paul Andrew Raymond Clegg-Hill (born 1979), heir apparent to the British title of Viscount Hill Viscount Hill, of Hawkstone and of Hardwicke in the County of Salop, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1842 for General Rowland Hill. He had already been created Baron Hill, of Almaraz and of Hawkstone in the C ... * Paul R. Hill (1909–1990), American aerodynamicist {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Paul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Hassan (photographer)
Mohammed Hassan may refer to: * Mohamed Hassan (Libyan musician) (born 1944), Libyan singer * Mohamed Hassan (Egyptian musician) (born 1983), Egyptian singer * Mohammed Abdullah Hassan (1856–1920), emir of Darawiish monarch Diiriye Guure * Mohammad Hasan Rahmani (c. 1963–2016), Afghan politician * Muhammad Hussein Ali Hassan (born 1966), Guantanamo Bay Guantanamo Bay detainee * Mohammed Mohammed Hassen, a Yemeni Guantanamo detainee * Mohammed Waheed Hassan (born 1953), Maldivian politician, president of the Maldives * Mohammed Hassen, Oromo historian * Mohamad Hasan (politician) (born 1956), Malaysian politician * Mohamed H.A. Hassan (born 1947), Sudanese scientist * Mohammad Al Hajj Hassan (born 1976), Lebanese cleric * Mohammed Hassan Dbouk, Lebanese-Canadian accredited journalist with al-Manar television in Lebanon * Mohammed Hassan El-Zayyat (1915–1993), Egyptian diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs * Mohammed Awad (died 2007), Iraqi politician, member of Iraqi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
