Les terrils de John Davies (John Davies' slag heaps), 40 years of photography at CRP/

Exhibition from 05 September to 09 October 2022
at the Centre historique minier, Lewarde (59)

Located on the former Delloye pit, the Lewarde Mining History Center is the most important mining museum in France. At the heart of the museum’s itinerary, the exhibition dedicated to John Davies presents a selection of his photographic work on the slag heaps of the North. Attracted by the topography of the area, the English photographer, himself the son of a miner, has endeavored to document these very special landscapes, remnants of industrial history. What John Davies observes is also the evolution of the “Black Country” and these places that see life and vegetation regain its rights. Nature reserves, ski areas, leisure zones or even experimental vineyards, the slag heaps are being reinvented.

PROGRAMME

> Artist meeting with John Davies – Sunday 18 September, 3pm

Website: www.chm-lewarde.com