Post Mill, Essex
Eric de Mare
Essex
unknown
Gelatin silver print
Museum no. PH.24-1984
Post mills like this one once dotted the landscape of Essex and East Anglia. Their innovative design allowed the mill to be turned to face into the wind whenever the wind’s direction changed. Eric de Mare, a trained architect and one of the most acclaimed architectural photographers in Britain, devoted much of his career to recording Britain’s neglected industrial heritage. His photographs of bridges, factories, and warehouses demonstrated that functional design was not an invention of the twentieth century, but had a long and honourable tradition in British architecture.
part of their memory mapping collection of drawings and photography
Post Mill, Essex Eric de Mare Essex unknown Gelatin silver print Museum no. PH.24-1984 @V&A Gallery/memory maps [part of...
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