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James Ravilious: A Memoir
James Ravilious (1939-1999) trained as an artist like his father Eric but a Cartier-Bresson exhibition converted him to photography which he taught himself In 1972 a move to his wife Robin's homeland - a very rural unspoilt part of North Devon - inspired him It also produced the perfect job recording daily life in that traditional bit of old England before it was modernised He devoted himself to this for more than seventeen years The results over 75000 black and white negatives in the Beaford Archive form what Barry Lane Secretary General of the Royal Photographic Society called 'a unique body of work unparalleled at least in this country for its scale and quality' James was a friendly modest man with a very unintrusive approach Because of this and because of the length of the project he
was able to make a uniquely detailed portrait intimate and sympathetic of a whole way of life in one small piece of countryside its landscapes its seasons its people their hardships and their pleasures His respect for his subjects is manifest in his work He never sentimentalised their lives It was vital to him that his record should be completely honest But it is not merely social history It is also the work of someone who composed with the eye of an artist and who often looked at his world with artists such as Breughel Claude Lorrain Thomas Bewick and Samuel Palmer in mind
was able to make a uniquely detailed portrait intimate and sympathetic of a whole way of life in one small piece of countryside its landscapes its seasons its people their hardships and their pleasures His respect for his subjects is manifest in his work He never sentimentalised their lives It was vital to him that his record should be completely honest But it is not merely social history It is also the work of someone who composed with the eye of an artist and who often looked at his world with artists such as Breughel Claude Lorrain Thomas Bewick and Samuel Palmer in mind
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