Consett Steel Works FF98_00247

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Consett Steel Works, County Durham, 1945-80. Eric de Mare (1910-2002) cellulose acetate negative. Steel-making dominated Consett for 140 years from 1840, and the steelworks, employing 6, 000 workers in the 1960s, loomed over rows of terraced houses. Eric de Mare's elevated view of Consett Steel Works captures their gargantuan scale, echoing the work of pre-war photographers such as Albert Renger-Patzsch in Germany and Charles Sheeler in the United States who emphasised the strong forms of industrial structures. De Mare used colour photography here, recognising that this required a 'different vision from black-and-white film. The massive tube in the foreground reflects his view that a close shot filling or almost filling the frame will usually be more effective and more interesting
Copyright © Historic England
Media ID 10929043
Date: 18th June 2015
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
Source: Historic England Archive
Owner URL: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/professional/archives-and-collections/nmr/enquiry-and-research-services/terms-and-conditions/
Credit: Historic England
Image Size: 4196 x 4167 Pixels
Filesize is 15.40MB
Associated Categories: Picturing England
Associated Categories: Material, shape and design
Associated Categories: Spirit of the North
Associated Categories: Steelworks
Keywords: archive, industrial, picturing england, rust