Ratcliffe Power Station

 

DESCRIPTION

Michael Kenna first began photographing the Ratcliffe power station in the early 1980s, and over the past several years he has visited the site many times, producing a body of work as ominous as it is beautiful. The Ratcliffe photographs take on the tonal quality of a partially lit ecosphere unique to the photographer and his subject. A brilliant manipulator of half-light, Kenna's grainy, spatial topography epitomizes the gray skies of Northern England that were the ubiquitous backdrop to his childhood. Kenna's Ratcliffe photographs create the impression of an atmospherically foggy day, registering the homeostasis of a mood that is a dominant characteristic of his work. Beautifully printed in duotone on matt art paper

Title
Ratcliffe Power Station
Publisher
Nazraeli Press
Edition
1st
Edition Size
3,000
Published
2004
ISBN
978-159005-097-2
Dimensions
308mm x 326mm
Pages
64
Format
Hardcover