Couples and cars
Photograph
1954 (made)
1954 (made)
Artist/Maker |
Broomfield is known for his heroic photographs of post-war British industry, which highlight the beauty to be found in the functional. These romantic scenes convey the seductive potential of the car, contrasting the sleek, state-of-the art machines with the older, more traditional methods of production suggested by the hand-decorated caravan and half-timbered house. Broomfield and his family owned the caravan and used it for holidays.
Object details
Category | |
Object type | |
Title | Couples and cars (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
Brief description | Photograph by Maurice Broomfield, Couples and cars, 1954, gelatin silver print |
Physical description | Black and white photograph of a car and two people in front of a Roma caravan. |
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Summary | Broomfield is known for his heroic photographs of post-war British industry, which highlight the beauty to be found in the functional. These romantic scenes convey the seductive potential of the car, contrasting the sleek, state-of-the art machines with the older, more traditional methods of production suggested by the hand-decorated caravan and half-timbered house. Broomfield and his family owned the caravan and used it for holidays. |
Other number | M664 - Negative number |
Collection | |
Accession number | E.378:1-2019 |
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Record created | December 14, 2018 |
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