Shadow Sites

Photography, Archaeology, and the British Landscape 1927-1955

Kitty Hauser (Research Fellow, Power Institute, Sydney University)

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English

Oxford University Press
01 February 2007

Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Photographs: collections; Aerial photography; British & Irish history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; Archaeology

Series: Oxford Historical Monographs

At certain times of the day - at sunrise, and sunset - the outlines of prehistoric fields, barrows and hill-forts in the British landscape may be thrown into relief.

Such 'shadow sites', best seen from above, and captured by an airborne camera, are both examples of, and metaphors for, a particular way of seeing the landscape. At a time of rapid modernisation and urbanisation in mid-twentieth-century Britain, an archaeological vision of the British landscape reassured and enchanted a number of writers, artists, photographers, and film-makers. From John Piper, Eric Ravilious and Shell guide books, to photographs of bomb damage, aerial archaeology, and The Wizard of Oz, Kitty Hauser delves into evocative interpretations of the landscape and

looks at the affinities between photography as a medium to capture traces of the past as well as their absence.

By: Kitty Hauser (Research Fellow Power Institute Sydney University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 700g
ISBN: 9780199206322
ISBN 10: 0199206325
Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 01 February 2007
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Further / Higher Education , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kitty Hauser is a historian of visual and material culture who has written for publications including the New Left Review, the Burlington Magazine, and the London Review of Books. Previously a research fellowship at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, she has also taught at the London College of Fashion and the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford. She is currently Research Fellow at the University of Sydney.