Whilst being fully in favour of anything that makes our working enviroment safer I have to admit orange PPE (Personal Protective Equipment ) drives me to despair, its not the fact that it reduces you to a bright orange blob on site but its the tonal qualities of the material used and how they reproduce in black and white (my preferred medium) – have a look at the following example.
If you followed the link from the Must Farm diary page these are a few of the Must Farm “Archdiggers” images from the 2015-16 season of excavation, I’ll add a few images in the following days, there are also further images on Facebook and on Flickr – I’m still hoping to get the Archdiggers page re-launched but there are still problems in web design to iron out and a lack of time available.
https://www.facebook.com/Archdiggers/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivewebb/albums/72157691411933733
Introduction statement from first the ArchDiggers site
“My aim was to provide an alternative view of diggers to the back of the head normally reproduced in most archaeological texts. I should say at once that there are many good archaeological photographers out there and sometimes you do have to photograph the backs of peoples heads however this project is my attempt to redress the balance and show some of the ‘faces’ involved in archaeology.”
Full “Manifesto” at ArchDiggers Manifesto
These are some of the images from Cambridge Universities Archaeology Departments training dig north of Cambridge, dig went well despite the tough ground (clay) and occasional downpour they kept on singing.
Whilst I’m setting up the galleries I’ve posted some of these images on Flickr at the following; https://www.flickr.com/photos/archivewebb/albums/72157691411933733
After a long absence I’m returning to Archdiggers, the pages will take a slightly different format for the present, most new work will be presented via this blog and hopefully I’ll soon have galleries up and running
