John Davies - The British Landscape
Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
Saturday 29th July 2006, 13.00

Artist Talk and Book Signing

Acclaimed photographer John Davies will be at Open Eye Gallery on Saturday 29th July to talk about his latest exhibition, The British Landscape, and to sign copies of his book to accompany the show.

“John Davies’ remarkable landscapes document a turbulent period in British history – and finally they’re getting the recognition they deserve.”
Simon Bainbridge, British Journal of Photography

The best of John Davies' landscape photographs of Britain, made between 1979 and 2005, are presented in The British Landscape in the order in which they were made and on a spectacular scale. Beginning with his early photographs of mountains in Scotland and the Lake District, Davies’ dominant concern is soon established – the industrial and post-industrial landscapes of Britain’s towns and cities. Most of the photographs are taken from a position of elevation, and show the changes evident in Britain’s social history from the Industrial Revolution onwards.

Each photograph is accompanied by Davies’ notes on the social and historical background to the places and scenes featured, and the book is introduced with a reflection on the changing British landscape by Jonathan Glancey (Architecture and Design Editor, The Guardian).

Published by Chris Boot, this book accompanies a touring exhibition which was launched in June 2006 at the Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid (during PhotoEspaña), and will subsequently make its UK debut at the National Museum of Photography Film and Television in Bradford (13 October 2006 to 4 February 2007).