Behind The Scenes: Anthology of Rural Life

I was lucky to be invited to participate in the Meriden edition of Anthology of Rural Life, a project that “provides a comparative visual study of the continuities and differences in patterns of life within contemporary rural areas”, created by photographers and educators Colin Robins and Oliver Rudy.

Robins’ and Rudy’s work is inspired by renowned German photographer August Sander who documented the people and landscapes of Germany during the Weimar Republic. Sander photographed artists, farmers and bakers with a large format camera, to enable the tiniest details to be captured in the faces of his subjects.

Their work has taken them to Finland, Italy and Poland, and now, into the sedate heart of the West Midlands.

Thanks to Emma Jukes for the images.