No one’s looking at the photographer. The Cup Final is what they’re watching – just come in from haymaking, perched on the back of the sofa, leaning on the Rayburn…
This is real, working country life, not the romanticised, middle-class version of the glossy magazines and Sunday supplements – there’s a metal dustbin next to the cooker, a wire coat hanger dangles from a water pipe, and a milk bottle sits next to a jar of instant coffee and a tin tea-caddy on the kitchen table. But look more carefully, and the artistry emerges. It all seems so simple and spontaneous, yet the composition is as ...
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