GERMAN BIGHT Thursday 24 August 1995

Location

Country: USA
City: Washington DC
Place: British Embassy

This work comes from a series of photographs taken in the thirty-one marine areas which are mentioned in the national shipping forecast broadcast four times daily on BBC Radio 4. The caption is taken from the 06:00 hours forecast on the day the photograph was taken. "German Bight" was taken in Cuxhaven, Germany. While there are still those for whom the shipping forecast is an indispensable guide, for many people now, it is more of a poetic interlude than a functional body of information. We recognise the names of Malin, Dogger, German Bight and the rest, but we are less familiar with the locations to which they refer.

Places

Subjects

topography, seascape/coastal scene, cloud, rain, wind, beach, ship

Materials & Techniques

glass (glass as material), photograph (as object name), silver gelatin print, sand-blasted

Artist

Mark Power (1959 - )

Title

GERMAN BIGHT Thursday 24 August 1995

Series Title

The Shipping Forecast

Date

2000

Medium

Silver gelatin print with text sand-blasted on glass

Dimensions

height: 76.00 cm, width: 84.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Zelda Cheatle Gallery, October 2000

Inscription

verso br on backboard: MarkPower / 2000

GAC number

17513