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Hampshire Village Play, 2003

(2003 Britain)

James Hyman Photography


Hampshire Village Play, 2003

Artist(s): ANNA FOX (born 1961)
Medium: Light jet print
Signed: Signed and dated by the artist
Dimensions: 29.00inch wide   29.00inch high (73.66 cm wide  73.66 cm high)
Literature:

Front cover of 2010 Deutsche Borse Prize Catalogue, Photographers' Gallery, 2010

Exhibition History:

Deutsche Borse Prize, Photographers' Gallery, London, 2010

Description:

Hampshire Village Play
Matt light jet print archival
48.26 x 48.26 cms (18.97 x 18.97 ins)
2003
Also available in 29 x 29 in. size both in an edition of 5.

Anna Fox first gained attention for Work Stations: Office Life in London (1988), a study of office culture in Thatcher's Britain, originally commissioned by Camerawork and The Museum of London. He other projects have included The Village (1992), a multi-media collaboration with the writer Val Williams, examining the experiences of rural women, and Friendly Fire, which records the leisure activity of paint-balling in the manner of war reportage. Her projects have led her to the back alleys and underworlds of Britain, capturing tacit traditions and the 'behind-the-scenes' of those we think we know.

This image is from an ongoing series of colour portraits documenting the social fabric of villages in Hampshire, photographing rural events including fetes, Halloween festivities, Guy Falkes night and the village play. Originally inspired by at the photographs made by Sir Benjamin Stone as he travelled around Britain recording customs and festivals in the 1900s, these new photographs observe how extraordinary the ritual of life in the countryside is. Currently 72 images in the whole series.