{"id":22504,"date":"2022-12-13T13:40:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/celebrated-coventry-photographer-remembered"},"modified":"2022-12-13T14:45:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T14:45:22","slug":"celebrated-coventry-photographer-remembered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/celebrated-coventry-photographer-remembered","title":{"rendered":"Celebrated Coventry photographer remembered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>An exhibition showing some of the early work of an influential post-war photographer has been opened.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Richard Sadler documented life in and around Coventry for more than 60 years, before his death in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Early success came as a commercial photographer, hired by major businesses in the city including Wimpey, Jaguar, Courtaulds and the Belgrade Theatre, some of which feature in the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s nice for my sister and I to share these images,&#8221; said his daughter Jane Donovan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re some of our favourites from his work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"976\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22499 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_1.jpg 976w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_1-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><br \/>\nRichard Sadler&#8217;s photographs captured post-war Coventry<\/p>\n<p>Born in Hillfields in 1928 he took up photography when he was about 16, joining the Coventry Photographic Society, explained Ms Donovan.<\/p>\n<p>He eventually set himself up in business with a studio doing the photography for local industries before joining the Belgrade Theatre the year it opened in 1958.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He amassed an enormous amount of commercial work which, when he died, my sister, Kate and I had to curate and decide what to do with,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"976\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22500 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_2.jpg 976w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_2-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><br \/>\nA body of Sadler&#8217;s work has been digitised by the city&#8217;s Photo Miners project<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have done an enormous amount of sorting and the majority of it has been given to the Herbert Art Gallery archive,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Work to identify a lot of the imagry in the collection had been &#8220;difficult,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My dad&#8217;s system of recording jobs and things was quite eclectic so we had a bit of difficulty trying to sort out what was what and relevant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"976\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22501 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_3.jpg 976w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_3-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><br \/>\nMuch of Richard Sadler&#8217;s archive has been given to the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum<\/p>\n<p>A body of Sadler&#8217;s work has been digitised by Dr Kyneswood and colleagues as part of the Photo Miners project., external<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"976\" height=\"976\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_4.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_4.jpg 976w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/angola\/sites\/65\/2022\/12\/postMediaimg_21_4-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 976px) 100vw, 976px\" \/><br \/>\nThis image of the Locarno Ballroom was taken in 1960<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition runs until February 2023 at Commonground, Fargo Village in Coventry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\">Angola<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; 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