Harvesting Barley Along the Strathmore Valley, Near Coupar Angus
About this artwork
In 2007 the Scottish National Portrait Gallery commissioned Stuart Franklin to capture the diversity of Scottish farming, ranging from large managed estates to family allotments. His camera has traced the environmental damage caused by intensive forestry in the Trossachs to the impact of mobile phone masts on the landscape near Montrose. This dramatic photograph captures a combine harvester in a freshly reaped barley field. The grey, stormy sky contrasts sharply against the golden warmth of the crop. The machine, as it trundles up the field spilling smoke in its wake, shows the industrialised side of farming rather than the rural ideal.
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artist:Stuart Franklin (born 1956)
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title:Harvesting Barley Along the Strathmore Valley, Near Coupar Angus
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date created:2010
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materials:Colour inkjet print
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measurements:77.00 cm x 112.00 cm
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credit line:Commissioned 2007
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accession number:PGP 755.1
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Stuart Franklin
Stuart Franklin
Stuart Franklin is perhaps best known for taking one of the most iconic images of the twentieth century - a student defying a row of tanks in Tiananmen Square, for which he won a World Press Award. Franklin studied photography and film at West Surrey College of Art and Design, graduating in 1979....