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Photographer, writer, two time winner of the Portrait of Britain. My book ‘Outsiders’ documenting homelessness is available from Bluecoat Press.
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Two surviving children stand at the top of the hill overlooking the miners digging to find children still buried in the slag, Aberfan Coal Slip Disaster, 21 October 1966 by David Hurn. #AberfanDisaster

Black and white photo of two children looking down at the school in Aberfan
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About 12 miles from my home village. I was 9. My father worked at the local pit. Terrible days.

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Exhausted police, miners and helpers are silhouetted against the temporary arc lights and against the steam coming off the coal mine slurry after digging all day for survivors, Aberfan in 1966 by Ian Berry.Exhausted police, miners and helpers are silhouetted against the temporary arc lights and against the steam coming off the coal mine slurry after digging all day for survivors, Aberfan in 1966 by Ian Berry.

Police silhouetted against a night sky lit from behind
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@marcdavenant.bsky.social
Photographer, writer, two time winner of the Portrait of Britain. My book ‘Outsiders’ documenting homelessness is available from Bluecoat Press.
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