Janine Wiedel, photographer in a campervan (2 Viewers)

[autorouter]

A good article in the Guardian for those interested in photography. She documented heavy industry in Birmingham, as well as many other different projects. And she lived in a VW camper with all her photo gear and developing lab.

Heavy metal: how Janine Wiedel captured the filth and glory of Britain’s industrial 70s

The photographer travelled the West Midlands in a campervan to document the workers risking their lives to toil in steel mills, coal mines and blast furnaces

www.theguardian.com

 

[dryad]

very interesting, thank you..
so many industries and pastimes disappearing that need to be recorded..
must look up some of her other photography projects too..

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[Lola Crossley]

A good article in the Guardian for those interested in photography. She documented heavy industry in Birmingham, as well as many other different projects. And she lived in a VW camper with all her photo gear and developing lab.

Heavy metal: how Janine Wiedel captured the filth and glory of Britain’s industrial 70s

The photographer travelled the West Midlands in a campervan to document the workers risking their lives to toil in steel mills, coal mines and blast furnaces

www.theguardian.com

Fascinating article, will be getting the book. Thanks for posting I probably would have missed this.

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[Shrimp]

Amazing!
I went to work in the late 80’s in Airflow Streamlines altho it was modern manufacturing the Presses etc made a hell of a noise, luckily I didn’t have to work in there, I was put in the Steel shop as an Inspector, had to check the steel that came in and the work the lads were doing, that was bad enough, cold, smelly, noisy and dangerous!

 

[the1andonly]

Times have moved quickly. I once went through Ebbw Vale steel works (1970) through the rolling mills with my mate 16 (worked in works social club as a gardener, me 15). one hell of an experiance noise, rain (inside) heat and didnt get too close to blast furnace,Lorries running around with next to no brakes on greasy floors. No way was i working there, education and electronics for me. I meet some guys who knew my stepfather and told me his nickname " Strangler". unfortunately i already knew why.