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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.

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Colour-c-type photograph, steam and water drops surrounded Roy Powels as he tends to a dyeing vat, at Calder Dyeing, Dewsbury, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.

Steam and water drops

2013
Colour c-type photograph of a man checking a loom, taken 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.

Untitled

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

Untitled

2013
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 worker in train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

Untitled

2013
Colour c-type photograph of empty staff room 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.

Untitled

2013
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 Scott Spencer, Seimens, by Alessandra Sanguinetti, 2013.

Siemens, Congleton, Cheshire, 2013 - Scott Spencer

2013
Colour c-type photograph of a woman machinist at Harrison Spinks, a matress and bed manufacturer, founded in 1840, Leeds, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.

Untitled

2013
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, steam and water drops surrounded Roy Powels as he tends to a dyeing vat, at Calder Dyeing, Dewsbury, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.

Dyeing vats

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

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

Untitled

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

Untitled

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

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

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

Untitled

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

Untitled

2013
Colour c-type photographs of man and woman talking by a loom at Calderdale Carpets, Dewsbury, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013. Makers of finest quality Axminster, tufted and woven carpets, made from locally spun yarn.

Untitled

2013
Colour-c-type photograph, Trevor Rowe lifting dyed wools into the dyeing machine, at Calder Dyeing, Dewsbury, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.

Trevor Rowe

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

Untitled

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.

Untitled

2013
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

2013
Colour c-type photograph of a woman's hands with yellow nail varnish handling cloth, 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.

Untitled

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

Untitled

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 a woman in goggles checking cloth, taken 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.

Untitled

2013
Colour c-type photographs of woman working in office at Calderdale Carpets, Dewsbury, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013. Makers of finest quality Axminster, tufted and woven carpets, made from locally spun yarn.

Untitled

2013
Colour c-type photograph of large piles of blue wool 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.

Untitled

2013
Colour c-type photograph at the British Wool Marketing Board, where wool is graded, sorted and packed, Bradford, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.

British Wool Marketing Board

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

Welder

2013
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 electrics at Standard Wool, a wool processing plant that cleans raw wool, Bradford, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.

Standard Wool

2013
Colour c-type photograph of a warehouse of raw wool, H Dawson, Bradford, taken by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.H Dawson is a 125-year old company that distributed wool to bespoke companies, both in the UK and abroad, Bradford.

Untitled

2013
Colour c-type photograph of office computers at Harrison Spinks, a matress and bed manufacturer, founded in 1840, Leeds, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.

Untitled

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 worker in train production, Bombardier, Derby, by Mark Power, 2013.

Welder

2013
Colour c-type photographs of man checking bobbins of coloured yarn at Calderdale Carpets, Dewsbury, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013. Makers of finest quality Axminster, tufted and woven carpets, made from locally spun yarn.

Untitled

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

Fab Lab, Manchester, 2013 - David Buckley, roboticist

2013
Colour c-type photograph at Mr T's Café, popular lunch spot for textile mill workers in Dewsbury, by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.

Mr T's Café

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 of a man viewed through a curtain of yarn at William Halstead, weavers of mohair and worsteads since 1875, Bradford, taken by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.

Untitled

2013
Colour c-type photograph of two warehouse workers at H Dawson, Bradford, taken by Jonas Bendiksen, 2013.H Dawson is a 125-year old company that distributed wool to bespoke companies, both in the UK and abroad, Bradford.

Untitled

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

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

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

2013