Open for Business

Portfolio of forty four colour prints selected from the exhibition 'Open for Business', toured by arts agency Multistory and Magnum Photos during 2014. Photographs by David Hurn, Martin Parr, Chris Steele-Perkins, Peter Marlow, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Jonas Bendiksen and Mark Power. 'Open for Business' aimed to document the contemporary state of British manufacturing. Nine Magnum photographers were commissioned, to work one in each of nine British cities or regions. The Norwegian photographer, Jonas Bendiksen, documented the textile industry in West Yorkshire.

Colour c-type photograph of the factory floor, Corgi Hosiery Ltd, Ammanford, Wales, by David Hurn, 2013.

Corgi Hosiery Ltd, Ammanford, Wales, 2013 - manufacturers of the finest cashmere socks and knitwear- factory floor

2013
Colour C-type photograph, Corgi Hosiery Ltd, Ammanford, Wales - socks from Corgi's Regimental Collection; from left - The Welsh Guards, the Mercian and the Queen's Own Yeomanry Regiments. Taken by David Hurn in 2013.

Corgi Hosiery Ltd, Ammanford, Wales, 2013 - socks from Corgi’s Regimental Collection

2013
Colour c-type photograph, on the production side, Westway Sausages, Newton Abbot, by Chris Steele-Perkins, 2013. From left to right Sarah Barlow, office support, Charles Baughan, owner, Tina Dobson, Accounts manager, Claire Davis, Production Manager, Hamish Maclachlan, Accounts Manager, Iona Baughan, owner, Marlena Gill, Technical Manager.

Westaway Sausages, Newton Abbot, Wales, 2013 - on the production side

2013
Colour c-type photograph, Charles Baughan tests out his new sausages in his roadside van that is still being built, Westway Sausages, Newton Abbot, by Chris Steele-Perkins, 2013.

Westaway Sausages, Newton Abbot, Wales, 2013 - Charles Baughan (owner) tests out his new sausages in his roadside van that is still being built

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Colour c-type photograph, cleaning up, Westway Sausages, Plymouth, by Chris Steele-Perkins, 2013.

Westaway Sausages, Newton Abbot, Wales, 2013 - cleaning up

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Colour c-type photograph, on the production side, Westway Sausages, Newton Abbot, by Chris Steele-Perkins, 2013.

Westaway Sausages, Newton Abbot, Wales, 2013 - on the production side

2013
Colour c-type photograph of Trudi Madden, canten cashier, Seimens, by Alessandra Sanguinetti, 2013.

Siemens, Congleton, Cheshire, 2013 - Trudi Madden, canteen cashier

2013
Colour c-type photograph of Scott Spencer, Seimens, by Alessandra Sanguinetti, 2013.

Siemens, Congleton, Cheshire, 2013 - Scott Spencer

2013
Colour c-type photograph of David Buckley, roboticist, Fab Lab, by Alessandra Sanguinetti, 2013.

Fab Lab, Manchester, 2013 - David Buckley, roboticist

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Colour c-type photographs, Midland Snacks, by Peter Marlow, 2013. Manufacturer of pork scratchings, pork scratches, and pork crunch. Pork rind imported from Denmark arrives in frozen blocks, on a conveyor belt leading to the dicing machine that cuts the rinds into small chuncks prior to frying.

Midland Snacks, Wolverhampton, Black Country, 2013 - pork rind imported from Denmark arrives in frozen blocks

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Colour c-type photographs, Midland Snacks, by Peter Marlow, 2013. Manufacturer of pork scratchings, pork scratches, and pork crunch.

Midland Snacks, Wolverhampton, Black Country, 2013

2013
Colour c-type photograph of train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.A hand holding a chain hook.

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2013
Colour c-type photograph of train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013. A hand holding a handle of plastic bottle.

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2013
Colour c-type photograph of woman in the office, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

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2013
Colour c-type photograph of a man's feet in the office, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

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2013
Colour c-type photograph worker in train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

Welder

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Colour c-type photograph of a welder at Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

Welder

2013
Colour c-type photograph worker in train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

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2013
Colour c-type photograph of train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013. Fitting a complex system into a train carriage.

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Colour c-type photograph of train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

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Colour c-type photograph worker in train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

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Colour c-type photograph worker in train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

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2013
Colour c-type photograph, Aardman Animations, Bristol, by Martin Parr, 2013. A model maker cares for one of the flock from 'Shaun the Sheep'.

Aardman Animations

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Colour c-type photograph, Aardman Animations, Bristol, by Martin Parr, 2013. 'The Farmer' from 'Shaun the Sheep'.

Aardman Animations

2013
Colour c-type photograph of an office full of boxes, at Abraham Moon & Sons, a wool mill established in 1837, Leeds, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013. Abrahan Moon is the only fully vertical wool mill left in the UK.

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2013

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Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
2016-5024
type:
portfolio
rights:
Magnum

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