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Young people on a hillside above Port Talbot

Photograph
1981 (photographed)
Artist/Maker

Black and white photograph of a group of boys/teenagers waving glass bottles on a hillside above an industrial townscape.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleYoung people on a hillside above Port Talbot (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin-silver print
Brief description
Young people on hillside above Port Talbot, gelatin-silver print by Steve Benbow, 1981, part of the New Society/The Other Britain collection, gift of Paul Barker
Physical description
Black and white photograph of a group of boys/teenagers waving glass bottles on a hillside above an industrial townscape.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 34.5cm
  • Image width: 51cm
  • Height: 50.8cm
  • Width: 61cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Paul Barker
Bibliographic reference
Published in New Society, 16 July 1981, to accompany the article 'Young and out of work: a political timebomb: Whether in Toxteth of Ashby-de-la-Zouche, this is a sensitive and urgent theme. Tom Forester reports', pp.95-98. The photograph appears pp.96-97, credit to Steve Benbow/Network, and with the caption 'Young jobless above Port Talbot steelworks'.
Collection
Accession number
E.62-2006

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Record createdJuly 23, 2008
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