About this artwork
The extreme working conditions experienced by miners fostered an atmosphere of solidarity among them, as the following statement affirms: 'You'll never understand how it’s like ... if you've never been doon a pit, because you live in a rat race ... because you live in a place where every pound is a prison. Coal men were totally different. It was a collective thing ... we were all there ... you ... us ... them.' Alan Mackie, former miner, Lochore Miners' Welfare Social Club, 20 August 2023.
Updated March 2024
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artist:Milton Rogovin (1909 - 2011) American
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title:Family of Miners, Scotland, 1982
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date created:1982
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materials:Gelatin silver print
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measurements:18.40 x 17.60 cm
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credit line:Gift 2006
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accession number:PGP 371.7
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Milton Rogovin
Milton Rogovin
Milton Rogovin was an American social documentary photographer. Born in New York, Rogovin had experienced the Great Depression of the 1930s. It left a profound impression on him which fuelled his empathy with the plight of working-class people. He practised as an optometrist in Buffalo, New York...
