About this artwork
Fay Godwin’s black and white photographs document the traces of human occupation on land, both past and present. She was especially interested in the British countryside. Godwin explained: ‘There is virtually no landscape in Britain that has not been worked, affected by human use, and this is what particularly interests me’. This work is from a series of 34 photographs from her project Whisky roads of Scotland which explores the whisky industry. It shows an old path near Corryhabbie Burn in Moray, known as a hotbed of whisky smuggling in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Published April 2024
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artist:Fay Godwin (1931 - 2005) English
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title:The Old Path near Corryhabbie Burn
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date created:About 1982
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:27.50 x 27.30 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1986
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accession number:PGP 89.14
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gallery:
Fay Godwin
Fay Godwin
Fay Godwin first became interested in photography in the mid-1960s as a result of taking pictures of her young children. Alongside early portrait work, she developed a sophisticated landscape practice, often collaborating closely with writers to produce in depth surveys of particular rural topics...