Post-industrial Durham
Amber began a creative engagement with the post-industrial Durham coalfield in the mid 1990s with the closure of its last pits. The work resulted in a trilogy of feature films, two documentaries and the Coalfield Stories programme of photographic production.
Exhibitions (show all)
Coal Coast
from: Photography
Landscapes exploring the legacy of the mining industry in the cliffs and along the beaches of County Durham, 1998 to 2002, part of Side Gallery’s ‘Coalfield Stories’ programme of production, exploring post-industrial experience.
Farewell Squalor
from: Photography
Housing in the Durham Coalfield, 2001 - 2003, from the ribbon terraces of the west, through the story of Peterlee new town, to the post-closure demolitions, explored as part of the Coalfield Stories series of commissions, 2001 - 2003
Field's Chip Shop
from: Photography
In Esh Winning, the last coalfired chip shop in County Durham, documented as part of Shifting Ground, the photographer’s Coalfield Stories survey of South and South West Durham, 2003.