Digging into The Dark

 

Across the UK the coal mining industry was once an extremely prosperous trade. With the closure of the last deep coal mine in 2015, it has sadly brought an end to coal mining in Britain, followed by the loss of trade and many thriving communities.
Oliver delivers a body of work that documents the aftermath of this great industry. The project is a
tribute to the history and heritage of this increasingly overlooked industry. Oliver has related to coal mining his whole life having grown up in a mining town and coming from a family of ex mine workers, Oliver’s photographs show coalmine fragments in landscapes, machines, buildings and people.