About this artwork
The open-air freedoms of life lived in mining villages partly compensated for some poor housing and amenities. Improvised huts, shed and garages built of recycled materials – the bricks laid here to form a step next to the kerb – offered space for hobbies and making and repairing.
Published 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:18.00 x 18.30 cm
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credit line:Gift 2006
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accession number:PGP 371.19
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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...