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Catalogue
(Items in boxes 1-7 and in small cases 1 & 2 donated 2002; items in box 8 donated 2009)
Box 1
How We Are, 1970.
Copy of introduction to ‘How We Are’ by John Berger
Concertina dummy book, 6 sections: Weddings/Work; Children/Leisure; 小蓝视频/Street; Public Places; Entertainment; Youth/Old Age
Printing lay-outs
Box 2
Books of Photographs, undated.
Vol. 1 – 5. Concertina bound books
Various sized photographs, single photographs, groups of photographs, some spread across 2 pages.
The First Book of Photographs: Landscapes, factories, workshops, homes
The Second Book of Photographs: 1 man’s work/home life; street, shop, the beach, fairground
The Third Book of Photographs: Public places –Park, beach, dancehall, sports field
The Fourth Book of Photographs: Relationships, culminating in weddings
The Fifth Book of Photographs: Work, entertainment, children, old age
Spiral bound book, to include images 1959-66: Includes introduction by Maureen Duffy; does not include photographs, only introductory texts, poems, songs etc intended to accompany images.
Box 3
Workless, c. 1973. Concertina dummy; tracing paper lay-outs for printing. Themes: Careers office, DIY, home with children
The Corby Book, 1984 taken at Corby Glen, Lincolnshire: Concertina book;-1st dummy, drafted in August 1984 (small description of who/where/when with each image). Themes: Youth club, gymkhana, shooting, Parish Council meeting, farm, private drinking club, bowls, ferreting, butcher. Final image is Duff’s wife after birth of daughter.
Box 4
Aldermaston ’59 ‘64, 1966 : Bound book in cover; images from 1959-64; introduction by Peggy Duff. Photographs taken on the 53 mile Easter marches from the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, to London (1959-63) and on the Easter demonstration, London 1964, organised by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).
Divided into chapters : Introduction; Falcon Field Aldermaston 1959-61; Good Friday 1962 ;Marchers and Marching 1959-63; Saturday 1962; Night 1961; Sunday 1962
Marching in London and final demonstrations 1959-61 and 1964. Continues without a break, Easter Monday 1962
Industrial Landscape, 1968. Bound book; includes Duff’s own notes (in pencil) for editing future layout of pages. Themes: Factories, shops, fairground
Incomprehension, 1990. Tape bound book. Images from 1960s, 70s. Themes: Parks, home, children, marches, weddings (represents mixture of his previous works)
Box 5
6 Concertina Bound books 1980-83:
Working World, 1980. Bound concertina book. Themes: factories, shops, homes, retirement home
Roundabout & Tangent, 1980. Bound concertina book. Themes: weddings, home, playground, beach & street, home, fairground
Knowledge, 1982. Bound concertina. Themes: one couple –naked in bed, their wedding
Acorn, 1982. Bound concertina. Themes: images of babies and children
Political Portraits, 1982. Bound concertina. Themes: 1974 local election, images of councillors, council meetings with accompanying paragraphs with further information about election
Past Presence, 1983. Bound concertina book. Themes: intimate family images including naked couple, breastfeeding, home, interspersed with images of shops, councillor
Box 6
March from Aldermaston, 1959 : Bound book.
Box 7
Found Out, 1984. Concertina book in 7 sections: authority; power; success; artifice; promise; ending
Small Case 1
The beekeeper, 1990. Tape bound concertina. Images taken between 1960s and 1990
A Visit to Israel, 1990. Cardboard bound concertina.
Small Case 2 -
SequencesSchool, 1982. Concertina.
Queer, 1982. Concertina.
Fishers and Gardeners, 1982. Concertina.
Travelogue, 1982. Concertina.
Box 8
looking, 2002
garden city, 2003
a journey in photographs, 2004
as in a wood, 2004
flow, 2004
a portrait of Corby Glen, 2005
echo, 2007
nub, 2008