Pit Profiles: Re-profiled

An absorbing and thought-provoking exhibition of miners' portraits and their personal stories.

Inspired by H Andrew Freeth (1912-1986) who travelled through the coalfields drawing portraits of working miners, internationally recognised photographer Anton Want created a modern-day 'Pit Profile' series at Kellingley Colliery, North Yorkshire. Like the original series, his portraits and interviews offer an intimate portrayal of working colliery life, but in the twenty-first century.

Pit Profiles: Re-Profiled is the result of a project jointly funded by the National Coal Mining Museum for England and Arts Council England.