About this artwork
Rogovin caught a fun moment between this dancing couple. The angle and composition of the image makes us feel like we’re part of the action and this is partly down to the camera Rogovin used. He took most of his photographs with a Rolleiflex TLR (twin lens reflex) camera, which is held at waist-height and has a viewfinder on the top that the photographer looks down into. This low perspective creates a sense of people being bigger and closer.
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:17.00 x 18.10 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Gift 2006
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accession number:PGP 371.17
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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...