Ayr
About this artwork
Moore’s photographs explore the oddity of the humanised landscape, and the strange and arbitrary way we domesticate our surroundings. However, they are often devoid of any human figures. The composition of this seaside scene uses repetition of horizontal lines: in the edge of the fabric, the planks of the bench, and the horizon itself. The neatly pitched screen and a child’s bicycle might occupy the foreground, but the small, contemplative figure in the background continues to attract attention and unsettle the scene.
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title:Ayr
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accession number:PGP 138.11
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materials:Silver gelatine print
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date created:1979
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measurements:21.40 x 32.10 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1994
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copyright:© The Estate of the Artist
Raymond Moore
Raymond Moore
Moore was born in Wallasey, England. After serving in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, Raymond Moore studied at the Royal College of Art in London from 1947-50. A freelance photographer from 1955, he lectured at Watford College of Art in Hertfordshire, 1956-74. In 1967 the Royal…