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The countryside through a lens

 

Pinching out cucumbers.jpgFarmer Robin Mills has been capturing the lives of people from the farming community near his home at Dorchester for a documentary photography project called Farmlife

"My love of the land, particularly my home county, Dorset, comes from a lifetime spent in the countryside as a farmer," says Robin.

His photographs are currently on display at Bridport Arts Centre.

"I consider it a huge privilege to live and work in this environment, and am constantly reminded of how precious and magical is this part of the world.

"Although working full-time as a farmer at Godmanstone, I have been passionate about photography since 1997, after I had an accident and found myself in bed for three weeks and I started reading photography books and manuals.

"I have documented a wonderfully diverse selection of farming characters in Dorset, photographed in their working situations, showing the indomitable spirit of the rural community holding its own in a changing world.

"This ongoing project is intended not only as a record of a way of life under threat, but also an illustration of how farming is responding to social, economic, and political influences.

"I mostly use a medium format camera for the landscape work, and 35mm for more documentary situations, with conventional black and white film. I hand-print the photographs in the traditional way in my darkroom, on high-quality fibre-based paper, using archival processes to ensure permanence. A single print can take me four or five hours."

The exhibition runs until August 2.

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