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Wall advertisement, Wigan

Photograph
1976 (photographed), 1982 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Black and white photograph of a couple walking down a street holding hands, next to a giant wall advertisement reading 'Santus Uncle Joe's mint balls keep you all aglow'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWall advertisement, Wigan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Brief description
Wall advertisement, Wigan, gelatin-silver photograph by Daniel Meadows, 1976, printed 1982, part of the New Society/The Other Britain collection, gift of Paul Barker
Physical description
Black and white photograph of a couple walking down a street holding hands, next to a giant wall advertisement reading 'Santus Uncle Joe's mint balls keep you all aglow'.
Dimensions
  • Print height: 340mm
  • Print width: 507mm
  • Mount height: 470mm
  • Mount width: 570mm
Credit line
Given by Paul Barker
Historical context
From 1975 to 1983 Daniel Meadows worked as a freelance photographer in the North of England. His main clients for photojournalistic assignments were New Society and The Observer. Meadows worked on and off for New Society between 1977 and 1987.

Santus Uncle Joe's Mint Balls are a kind of humbug, still available at the time of writing (20008).
Production
Shot on assignment for New Society magazine

Attribution note: Shot with a Olympus OM1 single lens reflex camera on Kodak Tri-x 35mm black and white film; processed and printed by hand by Daniel Meadows in his own darkroom.
Bibliographic reference
Published in New Society, 6.1.1977 to accompany the article 'A return to Wigan Pier' by Jeremy Seabrook, pp..6-8. Subtitled 'Forty years ago, George Orwell wrote of the poverty and desolation. That Wigan has gone - replaced by Tupperware, bingo and under-age drinking.'
Collection
Accession number
E.92-2006

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Record createdApril 24, 2008
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