Visual Culture
A selection of posters taken from COMMERCIAL ART & INDUSTRY featuring such artists as Tom Purvis, Vera Willoughby, Austin Cooper, A Games, etc.
Visual Culture Slides
In the early days of the Amber Collective, members took on paid work for colleges and broadcasters, and generated businesses, sharing the income amongst the group to allow them take their artistic practice forward. In 1972 Amber launched the Lambton Visual Aids slide library, producing sets of transparencies for Higher Education.
This imagery, created to illustrate potential lectures on a host of subjects, included copies of historical works and original slides alongside new images which included projects on: urban architecture, fairground arts, Blackpool Illuminations, shop fronts and other topics.
In addition to the images from the the Amber Film & Photography Collective, other photographers were commissioned to develop sets of slides in international topics under Lambton Visual Aids.
Visual Culture
A selection of illustrations from R. CALDECOTT PICTURE BOOK, Routledge, c 1878; R. CALDECOTT PICTURE BOOK, No. 2, Routledge, c 1878; and THE HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE PICTURE BOOK, Routledge, c 1878
Visual Culture
A selection of architectural studies, taken in America in 1972. Locations include Hublersburg (Pennsylvania), Murray (Arkansas), Luck (North Carolina) and others. Late C19th – early C20th.
Visual Culture
A selection of architectural studies of Saxon churches in County Durham and the West Riding of Yorkshire, c 1980.
Visual Culture
A selection of studies of the architecture of Scarborough: the development of a northern seaside resort between the 1830s and 1925, including the work of R.H. Sharp, J. Gibson and W. Johnson. Later buildings include the work of Cuthbert Broderick, Hall & Tubwell, H.W. Smith and others. Photographed c 1980.
Visual Culture
A fascinating selection of studies of semi-derelict, derelict and abandoned buildings, taken in America in 1972. Locations include Fellsmere (Florida), Ramseytown (North Carolina), Marshall (Virginia) and others.
Visual Culture
A selection of decorative music covers from 1906-1910, including such numbers as WHERE THE DREAMY WABASH FLOWS, THAT BIG BLONDE MAMA, SUSANNAH’S SQUEAKING SHOES, etc.
Visual Culture
A selection of architectural studies of small-town buildings (c late C19th – early C20th) photographed in America in 1972. Locations include Beverley (West Virginia), Cripple Creek (Colorado), Annapolis (Maryland), Valdosta (Georgia) and others.
Visual Culture
A selection of bold and unusual illustrations from GAMMON AND SPINACH, Blackie & Sons, circa 1920.
Visual Culture
A group of Ashington Miners were encouraged to paint about their own lives and experiences by their W.E.A. art class tutor Robert Lyon. The group first met in 1934. This selection of work was developed between then and 1983. The work was seen extensively in Europe and toured China in 1983 as the first ever tour of British artists organsised by the British Council (*with BYKER by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen).