Chromogenic print by Bert Hardy, printed in 1985, titled "As the Sun Sets." Originally published in Picture Post, September 15, 1956. Story titled "Where the Rice is Sweet", about rice harvesting in Portugal. Caption in magazine reads: "As the sun sets the last rice is carried onto the wagons. Once its cultivation, thought to spread malaria, was banned. Now it is a major item in the trade balance."

Photographer's stamp on verso.

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1991-5065/13
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 390 mm x 263 mm
type:
photograph
credit:
National Science and Media Museum, Bradford