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0003229_HalfmoonCamerawork_FactoryPhotographs_NickHedges_IntroductoryText_Part2.jpg

Factory Photographs - Nick Hedges

Introductory Text. Page 2 of 2

Item No.

0003229

Format
Document
Medium

Document

Dimension/Duration/Pages

1

Origination Date
1978
Theme
Class & social conditions
Anti-racism & black struggles
Collection
Half Moon Photography Workshop / Camerawork
Project Locations

Witton, Birmingham, UK
Willenhall, Coventry, UK
Tipton, West Midlands, UK
Birmingham, UK

Originator
Copyright

Nick Hedges

For copyright and publishing enquiries please contact info@fourcornersfilm.co.uk

Tags
steelworkers, furnace, pin ups, working class, machines
steelworkers, furnace, pin ups, working class, machines, clocking in, west midlands arts fellowship, interviews, class, pay, racial discrimination, industrial disease, sociability, boredom, loyalty, working mothers, foreman, blast furnace worker, senior furnaceman, furnace keeper, steelworks, shearer, indian, woman padlock machiner, shop steward, bobber and polisher, working conditions, jobs, iron, steel, shift work, lungs, injury, jamaican, trade unionism, working people
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Nick Hedges
www.nickhedgesphotography.co.uk/photo-gallery/the-factory-worker

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Factory Photographs - Nick Hedges

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Factory Photographs - Nick Hedges

Archive Location

PARC