Reviews The Recent Past
The Recent Past displays beautifully reproduced photographs by Ravilious, while his widow's biography is a moving tribute which details the technical as well as aesthetic side of his work. The Spectator
Elegiac, surrealistically clear and revelatory of a colossal and unsuspected talent. The Telegraph
Ravilious succeeded triumphantly...he was able to record life there as it was, unposed and unselfconscious, capturing its sense of community, its humour, its hardships and eccentricities. Country Life
A tender, intimate portrait of a rapidly vanishing existence. The Times