Photography for the Preservation of Disintegrating Histories
Chris Mear
Self-Published
English
Softcover
Edition 24/210
52 pages
130 × 200 mm
2012
ISBN 9781624074677
‘Disintegrating Histories is the result of four years of photographing the county of Leicestershire, the county in which I grew up, a county infamous for; pork pies, stilton cheese, fox hunting and not unlike many other parts of England, has a long and proud coal mining heritage. My interest was in a time that feels to me like the end of a huge transitional period in the regions history. With the people of the communities forged by coal mining, now reaching their final years of life, alongside the development of millions of trees planted throughout the region over the last couple of decades (”The National Forest”), now covering the remains of a once defining industry. A very new social and geographic landscape is emerging and a new way of life is setting in. My motive was to describe that moment of transition and the uncertainty with which it brings.’ – Chris Mear in Photography for the Preservation of Disintegrating Histories.
About the Artist
Chris Mear is a photographer born and based in the heart of the National Forest, U.K.. He has published five books to date, including ‘Just Passing By’ which was published by Snibston Discovery Museum (Leicestershire, UK) in 2014. Mear’s first solo exhibition was organised by Snibston Discovery Museum in 2013. In 2010 Mear was the recipient of the Free Range Art Award at the annual Free Range Art & Design Show in London. Since 2015 Mear has also designed and facilitated several photography workshops for vulnerable people in Derbyshire (UK) with a focus on visual storytelling.
christophermear.co.uk
(source:https://fortheloveoflettuce.wordpress.com/christopher-mear-gallery/)
