Ian Macdonald
Born in North Yorkshire, Ian Macdonald’s documentation of the industrial River Tees, particularly in the 1970s and 80s is rich and extensive. His work includes ‘Greatham Creek’, ‘The Tees Estuary’ and, exploring the villages of the Esk Valley, ‘Quoits’.
In 1987, with the painter Len Tabner, he produced the book ‘Smith’s Dock - Shipbuilders’, exploring the later days of the construction of North Islands, the last ship to be built by this shipyard on the River Tees.
Quoits
from: Photography
Documentation of the traditional game of Quoits, as played in the Esk Valley, North Yorkshire, late 1970s. The text includes the game's rules and an explanation of its terminology.
Tees Estuary
from: Photography
The industrialized mouth of the River Tees, below Middlesbrough, and its small fishing hut communities, documented in the 1970s and early 1980s by the Teesside photographer.
Greatham Creek
from: Photography
A community of cabins and houseboats in the estuary of the River Tees, 1975, documented by the Teesside photographer.