Farmyard Isle of Man
by Nigel Radcliffe
Title
Farmyard Isle of Man
Artist
Nigel Radcliffe
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This stark image of a deserted farmyard in my homeland, the Isle of Man, pleases my own eye in its geometrical composition but also in its associations with my childhood. There is a sense of a presence of my ancestral heritage in the absence of any sign of life.
Oral tradition has been that the building on the right was the original farmhouse and that it was a stopping off point for refreshment by John Wesley in one of his two visits to the island in 1777 or 1781.
My interest in classic photographers leads me to think that there is a similarity to the work of Walker Evans here, in the simple yet uncompromising architecture. I may also, in fact, be influenced by my fellow Manxman, Chris Killip, who includes superb monochrome images of mills and vernacular architecture in his early book ' Isle of Man: A Book about the Manx' (1980). He has published an update of this, 'Isle of Man Revisited' (2015). He is now Professor of Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.
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June 7th, 2015
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