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Black Country Nostalgia Limited Edition Prints
Giclee prints are made using archival cotton rag papers, all 300gsm. Supplied ready for framing, each include a signed, numbered certificate of authentication and a brief summary of how the shot was created. Each picture is printed using Ultrachrome archival inks from a digital master and numbered accordingly. This combination of materials is rated by the Willheim Imaging Research to last over 100 years
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Title: The Saltley Shunter.
Location: Saltley, Birmingham circa.1965
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth.
Coating: Uncoated
Title: Turner's Brum Location: Duddeston, Birmingham 1965
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
Title: Morning Light
Location: Saltley, Birmingham 1965
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
Title: Factory Way
Location: Saltley, Birmingham 1965
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
Title: Giants At The Round TableLocation: Saltley, Birmingham
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
Title: End Of An EraLocation: Saltley, Birmingham
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
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Our giclee prints are made using archival cotton rag papers, all 300gsm weight, and include Fuji Fine Art Smooth, Fuji Fine Art Museum Rough and Fuji Fine Art Etch. They are printed using Epson Ultrachrome archival inks. Each print is numbered and includes a signed and numbered certificate of authentication. The verses for each photograph are also included.
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Title: Cast Iron RoleLocation: Brierley Hill, West Midlands.
Substrate: fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
Title: Stalking The SticklebackLocation: Brierley Hill, West Midlands.
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
Title: Sunset On A Time Gone ByLocation: Brierley Hill, West Midlands.
Substrate:Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
Title: Good MatesLocation: Aston, Birmingham
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
Title: Late Afternoon Kick OffLocation: Aston, Birmingham
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
Title: His Master's ViceLocation: Aston, Birmingham
Substrate: Fuji fine art smooth
Coating: Uncoated
The Term : Giclee (zhee-klay) - The French word "giclée" is a feminine noun that means a spray or a spurt of liquid. The word may have been derived from the French verb "gicler" meaning "to squirt". The term "giclee print" connotes an elevation in printmaking technology.
Images are generated from high resolution digital scans and printed with archival quality inks onto various substrates including canvas, fine art, and photo-base paper. The giclee printing process provides better color accuracy than other means of reproduction.
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FORWARD BY PASSIONATE BRUMMIE & HISTORY PROFESSOR DR CARL CHINN M.B.E. PETER WAS BORN IN BIRMINGHAM 1932, EDUCATED AT CORPUS CHRISTI JUNIOR SCHOOL, STETCHFORD AND LATER AT THE HOLY ROSARY, SALTLEY.HE WAS AT THIS TIME A MEMBER OF THE SMALL HEATH PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY BASED AT HOBMOOR ROAD, SOUTH YARDLEY. THE IDEA OF PHOTOGRAPHING THE CANALS WAS DEVELOPED BY PETER AND HIS FRIEND, FELLOW PHOTOGRAPHER NORMAN FLETCHER.TO PETER AND NORMAN, MIDLANDS PHOTOGRAPHERS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETIES SEEMINGLY HAD IGNORED THE ONCE GREAT INDUSTRIAL ARENA THAT SURROUNDED THEIR EVERYDAY WHAT AN ARENA! WHAT POWERFUL EXITING SUBJECTS FOR THE CAMERA; NEGLECTED CANALS, WEED AND WEB WOVEN TOWPATHS, OLD WORN OUT NARROW BOATS – REDUNDANT AND HALF SUBMERGED IN SILTED MURKY BROWN WATERS; STEAM TRAINS RATTLING, HISSING AND BUMPING THEIR WAGGONS INTO LINE AND THE RAILMEN WHO WORKED THE LINE AT THAT TIME. OLD FOUNDRIES, RUN DOWN FACTORIES AND SCRAPYARDS – THE INDUSTRIAL FLOTSUM OF A ONCE GREAT MANUFACTURING REGION. Acknowledgments Grateful thanks to The Weekend Telegraph Magazine for their kind permission to reproduce these pages from their 1965 issue which announced the competition winners November 26th 1965 WHILE AT THE HOLY ROSARY HE TOOK AND PASSED A DRAWING EXAMINATION FOR MOSELEY SCHOOL OF ART AT WHICH HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS TUNING HIS ARTISTIC TALENT. ON LEAVING THE ART SCHOOL HE JOINED BIRMINHAM PRINTERS, SAM CURRIER & SON IN BROOK STREET, ST PAULS SQUARE, AS AN APPRENTICE COMMERCIAL ARTIST. AFTER COMPLETING HIS APPRENTICESHIP HE LEFT SAM CURRIER AND WORKED AT VARIOUS PRINTERS AND ADVERTISING AGENCIES GAINING VALUABLE EXPIERIENCE BEFORE STARTING HIS OWN BUSINESS DONNELLY BURNS DAVIS WITH HIS WORKING ASSOCIATE BOB BURNS (TYPOGRAPHER) DONNELLY BURNS GRAPHIC DESIGN STUDIO WAS IN CHAPEL STREET LYE BEFORE MOVING TO LARGER PREMISES IN CRADLEY HEATH AND HARBORNE. BEFORE STARTING THE BUSINESS PETER ENTERED AND WON THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH NATIONALPHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION. HE SUBMITTED AN ESSAYOF PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATING THE DEMISE OF THE BIRMINGHAMAND BLACK COUNTRY CANALS. Norman Fletcher - Moseley College of Art MANY SIX O’CLOCK EARLY MORNING STARTS WERE WALKED AND MANY MILES COVERED BY PETER AND HIS CAMERA.NOW OVER 40 YEARS LATER PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THOSE EARLY MORNING EXCURSIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AS POSTCARDS, PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS OR LIMITED EDITION GICLEE PRINT. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS currently available "THE CUT" Journeys along Black Country Towpaths. 22 pages including pictures and verse The Cut (canals)- A network of watery highways that in their heyday were navigated by hundreds of brightly painted narrow boats, ferrying to and from mine, furnace and factory, their cargoes of ironstone, coal, slack and countless other industrial materials; materials that played a major role in bringing the regions, Birmingham & The Black Country, to their industrial greatness. The Photographs Peter Donnelly's evocative photographs taken during the 1960's, record the time and his verse the emotion looking back in retrospect. By the time the photographs were taken, the glorious achievement had been forgotten, decay and neglect had replaced the endeavor and taken their toll: towpaths weed woven, veiled in spiders' webs, crumbling wharfs and bridges, rotting hulks of once-proud boats half submerged, reeds and grasses growing in silt-clogged holds - the final dereliction of a once-proud a momentous engineering accomplishment. For the cut, its working time had passed and left only the memory. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS currently available "CHUFF-CHUFF" Journeys along Birmingham's Towpaths. 30 pages including pictures and verse Chuff-chuff (train)- Once steam trains huffed and puffed healing goods by rail by night and day, now they have all gone away. Once there were factory chimneys, a slag heap piled high like a mountain soared skyward toward a setting sun; now they are gone. Time has rung the changes. The everyday sights and sounds of the 1960s are, to many, a fast-fading memory. The young of that time remember the Beatles, pop stars extraordinary. The fashion conscious e member David Bailey, the fashion photographer; young and middle-aged will remember Bobby Moore, captain of England's World Cup winning team.The Photographs Peter Donnelly's photographs of that period, now over 40 years ago, remind us of a few of the places, the people, the cut, the steam trains and the mongrel dog waiting patiently outside the pub for his master to finish his pint. The subjects photographed were not subjects fashioned for newspaper headlines, yet were very much a part of our everyday scene; hardly noticed then - forgotten until now. Lamps, buffers, gas-mantled station signs, greased wheels and shunting wagons - all captured by the camera for time everlasting. “The Cut - Journeys along Black Country Towpaths,” and “Chuff Chuffs – Photographs from a time remembered,” and prints taken from the books. www.blackcountrynostalgia.com Heartfelt mood entrenched imagery and poignant moments captured on film represent the deterioration of the flag-posts of an era much forgotten – the canals and railways so integral to powering Birmingham’s industrial revolution and the development of the UK. Photographed by Peter Donnelley during the 60s - decaying vistas, time-worn monuments, or simply sublime snapshots in time - this selection of imagery and verse is history with a heart. Not only are these books captivating windows on a time gone by, they represent the love and respect between father and son, created by Simon Donnelley to honour his father’s plans made before he passed away in 2005. Press release to utilise some of Peter’s verses found within the books and to include a brief biography of his life and work as successful player in Birmingham’s advertising industry and photographer extraordinaire.