Millworker on lunch break at Moderna blanket factory at Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshier

Physical description

Black and white photograph of a woman sitting and reading a newspaper

Place of Origin

Yorkshire, England (photographed)

Date

1977 (photographed)
1982 (printed)

Artist/maker

Meadows, Daniel, born 1952 (photographer)

Materials and Techniques

Gelatin-silver print

Dimensions

Height: 380 mm print, Width: 510 mm print, Height: 470 mm mount, Width: 570 mm mount

Historical context note

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.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Published in New Society, 3.2.1977. 'The end of a mill' by Tom Forester, photos: Daniel Meadows, pp.221-222. Photograph reproduced pp.222 with the caption 'Passing time in the weaving shed.'
The article is about threatened closure of the Moderna blanket factory in the Calder valley.

Exhibition History

The Other Britain (National Theatre 01/01/1982-31/12/1982)

Production Note

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.

Categories

Photographs

Collection code

PDP