3 February
–
23 April 2006
Section
3: Gender, Race and SocietyKeith Pattison b. 1951
Families of striking miners look on as police
seal off the pit and escort the first returning miner back to work. Easington
Colliery, Co. Durham 1984
© Keith Pattison
Keith Pattison, a photographer based in Newcastle and associated with the Amber group, produced this series of photographs while he was Photographer-in-Residence in Easington colliery village. Pattison's residency coincided with the 1984 Miners Strike and his remarkable images capture a struggling community in the midst of the industrial dispute.