Grafters Exhibition and publication

Abstract

GRAFTERS : Exhibition & publication
Industrial society in image and word
Curated by Ian Beesley

Peoples History Museum Manchester
6 Feb - 14 Aug 2016
Attendance 66,238
http://www.phm.org.uk/whatson/grafters-industrial-society-in-image-and-word/

Bradford Industrial Museum
3 Dec 2016 – 5 Nov 2016
Attendance 44,984
http://www.bradfordmuseums.org/whats-on/grafters-industrial-society-in-image-and-word

National Coal Mining Museum for England Wakefield
Mar - Oct 2019

Photography, one of the great products of the industrial revolution, has always had an interesting, yet uncomfortable relationship with the portrayal of industry and workers. The reasons for this are many. In attempt to understand this tense and sometimes difficult relationship, this exhibition uses mainly previously unseen and unpublished photographs from the archives of the industrial cities and towns of the north of England.
The industrialisation and de-industrialisation of Britain has had its greatest impact in the north, so it seems appropriate that the majority of images in this exhibition should be drawn from this region.

Publication

Grafters: Industrial Society in Image and Word (Paperback)
Ian Beesley
ISBN 10: 0957134274 / ISBN 13: 9780957134270
Published by Unified Theory of Everything, United Kingdom, 2016