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British photographer (1955–2023)

Mik Critchlow (7 March 1955 – 7 March 2023) was a British social documentary and portrait photographer who made work about North East England, in particular about his home town of Ashington. A book of this work was published in 2019 and he had a solo exhibition at Woodhorn museum in 2021/22. Critchlow's work is held in the collection of Amber Film & Photography Collective.

Life and work

Critchlow was born and lived in Ashington, Northumberland. His grandfather worked as a coal miner there for 52 years and Critchlow's father was a coal miner. He left school aged 15.

Beginning in 1977, he worked for decades on a long-term documentary photography project about Ashington, chronicling social change, including with its coal mining. An exhibition and book, Coal Town, depicted "the colliery and the people who worked there before and after the mine was closed." He also photographed the harsh way of life of people collecting seacoal from the beach near Lynemouth power station, close to Ashington.

Death

Critchlow died on 7 March 2023, on his 68th birthday.

Publications

  • Seamen – The NUS Strike 1988 – 1989: Photographs by Mik Critchlow. Black Diamond, 2013. Edition of 200 copies.
  • Hirst. Manchester: Buddleia / Morpeth: Bait (Museums Northumberland), 2018. With a foreword by Andrea Hawkins. Edition of 500 copies.
  • Coal Town. Liverpool: Bluecoat, 2019. With a foreword by Derek Smith.

Solo exhibitions

Collections

References

  1. ^ "Click here to view the tribute page for Mik Critchlow". funeral-notices.co.uk. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Mik Critchlow: Tributes to acclaimed documentary photographer". BBC News. 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
  3. Morton, David (26 June 2019). "Images from Coal Town by Mik Critchlow". Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  4. ^ Whetstone, David (30 October 2021). "Photographer Mik Critchlow and his visual history of Ashington". Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Ashington - Amber Collection". Amber Film & Photography Collective. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  6. "Social documentary photographer to show his images of everyday life at Morpeth venue". Northumberland Gazette. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  7. "Documentary photographer captures coalmining stories of Ashington". ITV News. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  8. White, Susie (14 November 2022). "Country diary: This beach is ever-changing. Today it is black with sea coal". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  9. https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2023-03-10/renowned-photographer-known-for-capturing-coal-mining-industry-dies-aged-68
  10. Ghosh, Ravi. "Remembering Mik Critchlow, the North East's great narrator". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 19 March 2023.

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