About this artwork
Since the early 1980s Cattrell has been photographing the ways in which man scars nature whether through thoughtless agricultural and industrial processes or the destruction of war. He gives a sharp contemporary twist to Britain's romantic landscape tradition. His images can be read both literally and metaphorically. He is interested in the camera's potential for 'ambiguity and abstraction', allowing him to transform the landscape into a form of still life.
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artist:Peter Cattrell (born 1959) Scottish
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title:Snowdon from Glyders, North Wales
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date created:1987
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:26.40 x 26.50 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1987
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accession number:PGP 82.7
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Peter Cattrell
Peter Cattrell
Peter Cattrell was born in Glasgow in 1959. He studied at St Andrews University from 1977-8, then from 1979-82 he studied photography at The London College of Printing. A skilled printer, he has worked for Fay Godwin, printing her pictures. Cattrell is a landscape photographer, concentrating...