Interior - Wool Exchange, Bradford

Made:
1987 in Bradford
maker:
Ian Beesley

Ian Beesley/Science Museum Group
© Ian Beesley

Gelatine silver print entitled 'Interior - Wool Exchange, Bradford' by Ian Beesley. Prodiced for the commission `Through the Mill:, The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs'. 1985-1987'.

The spacious and imposing interior is dominated by an impressive hammer beam roof and the marble colonnades of the aisle arcade. The Exchange as such no longer trades and there are plans to convert it into a shopping mall.

[Table 31: Through the Mill - The Story of Yorkshire Wool in Photographs, by Ian Beesley and Introduction by Gary Firth]

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1991-5061/32
Measurements:
overall: 405 mm x 483 mm
type:
silver gelatin print
credit:
The National Media Museum, Bradford