Peter Mitchell had the first landmark colour
photography exhibition in the UK at Impressions Gallery in York in
1979. Titled ‘A New Refutation of the Viking IV Space Mission’, the
show depicted the factories and small shop owners of Leeds, all
photographed in a very formal manner with the aid of a stepladder. The
idea was that this is how Leeds might be seen by aliens departing from
their spaceship when the Mission from Mars finally lands on the
unsuspecting city!
In the 1970s, Peter worked as a truck driver
for Sunco, and photographed the sights of Leeds on his journeys around
the city, but has also taken pictures in Sheffield and elsewhere. Some
of Peter’s work was included in ‘How We Are: Photographing Britain’ at
Tate Britain in 2007, and he is represented by Hasted Hunt Gallery in
New York. At PSL, Peter will show selected series of images taken in
Leeds since the 70s, including documentation of the demolition of
Quarry Hill flats.
In both photographers’ work, the viewer will
detect traces of the Leeds she or he knows, but it is a city rendered
strange by the passage of time and the seismic shift in its physical
geography.
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Installation shot of work by Peter Mitchell
'Quarry Hill Flats' by Peter Mitchell
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