James Ravilious

Returning now to some of the photographers who have influenced my interest in the domestic landscape, I've just been looking at James Ravilious's website.

These three pictures are part of the Beaford Archive, a photographic record of a rural community in Devon to which Ravilious contributed more than 80,000 black & white images. Ravilious was a self taught photographer and when he was invited to contribute to the archive in the 1970s, it was supposed to be a short term project. In fact, it turned into a 17 year obession. The images are intimate and compelling. I have chosen to show three interior shots here, as this links more with the nature of my project but Ravilious's work includes all aspects of life in that particular area - the local towns and villages, beautiful landscapes, portraits of the local people and interiors of their homes.