I watched a TV program I had recorded from Sky Arts called ‘James Ravilious: A World in Photographs’. This was an insightful program about one of Britain’s greatest post war photographers who dedicated his art to a rural English world in steady decline. The program was expertly narrated by Alan Bennett and I really enjoyed watching it. Initially I was not expecting to enjoy this program so much, but for almost 20 years of rural community life in North Devon, James Ravilious dedicated so much time to the people around him. James Ravilious trained as a painter and later on found that he preferred Black and White photography. One of his quotes was that ‘There is too much green in the English countryside’. The majority of his work is with the Beaford Arts Collection.
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