Roadside Britain
Sam Mellish
Diesel Books
English
Hardcover
168 pages
280 x 200 mm
2012
ISBN 9780956692818
Roadside Britain by Sam Mellish shows the traditional and quintessential aspects of British trunk-roadside culture, with emphasis on location and environment, in a series of beautifully shot images from across the length and breadth of the UK. The author spent four years venturing along the UK’s many trunk roads to bring home a real taste of roadside Britain, with an innate desire to learn more about his homeland, coupled with a real love of the open road and a good cup of tea. Introduced by renowned photography critic Max Houghton and with a preface by celebrated British social and cultural historian and journalist Joe Moran, Roadside Britain depicts the people and places of a threatened livelihood. It is by turns warm, nostalgic, quirky and melancholic and has immediate appeal to anyone who has ever driven any distance along the country’s A and B roads.
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About the Artist
Sam Mellish is an English photographer from Suffolk. During a trip to Southern Africa, he learned the basics of 35mm photography and went on to pursue an MA in Photojournalism. Mellish is a freelance photographer of both analogue and digital photography.
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About the Publisher
Established in 2010, diesel books is an independent publisher focusing on art and photography projects. Diesel Books was founded by Sam Mellish.
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