New exhibition featuring the work of James Ravilious, photographer of rural life.
Selection of work by James Ravilious, renowned photographer of rural life and one of Devon’s best-loved artists. It has been chosen from the large retrospective show mounted for him by the Royal Photographic Society. This exhibition is on loan from the permanent collection of The Burton at Bideford.
James Ravilious (1939-1999) is well known for his black and white photography of Devon life and landscapes, particularly his seventeen-year project for the Beaford Photographic Archive. Beaford Arts, a village arts centre in Devon, commissioned Ravilious to contribute images to the Beaford Archive, intended as a photographic record of a life in the largely unspoilt but vulnerable country area within a 10-mile radius of Beaford. Ravilious took over 80,000 black and white images of many aspects of life in the area between the Taw and Torridge rivers of North Devon, including landscapes, studies of farmers at work, special occasions and ancient traditions in the local towns and villages making it probably the most intensive record of any rural area in England.
Coordinating programme:
- Honiton Camera Club 60th Anniversary exhibition in the Upper Gallery.
- A Chronicle of Rural Life: (sold out) talk by Robin Ravilious, wife of James Ravilious: 10 May, 2pm. £5.
- Dartmoor Photographic Walk in the footsteps of Ravilious: 31 May, 11-3, £28, £25 THG Friends, limited free places for 15 – 25 yrs.
- Ravilious Talk with Chris Chapman: 7 June, 5-6. £5.
- Dip into the Dark Room Workshop: 21 June, 11-3. £56 (£52 THG Friends), limited free places for 15-25 years
Image credits:
Archie Parkhouse and Ivor Brock moving a sick ram, Dolton 1976. Photograph by James Ravilious © Beaford Arts
Alf Pugsley moving a shed in case of flood, Langham, Dolton, Devon, 1978. Photograph by James Ravilious © Beaford Arts digitally scanned from a Beaford Archive negative
Archie Parkhouse reminiscing in a wood, Addisford, Dolton, Devon, 1974. Photograph by James Ravilious © Beaford Arts digitally scanned from a Beaford Archive negative
