Joseph McKenzie trained as a photographer whilst in the RAF, and became one of Britain's most prolific post-war practitioners. After his appointment as Lecturer in Photography at Duncan of Jordanstone College in 1964, he embarked on a series of ambitious documentary projects. McKenzie recorded the dramatic transformation of Scotland's cities during the 1960s. During a trip to Belfast in 1969, he witnessed the mounting sectarian violence and clearly sympathised with the Catholic minority. The controversy surrounding a subsequent showing of material at Aberdeen Art Gallery in 1972 compelled McKenzie to withdraw from public exhibition until the late 1980s.
Le 5 juillet, Joseph McKenzie (1929-2015), photographe britannique méconnu, est mort à l'âge de 86 ans. Il laisse derrière lui de nombreuses photos inconnues du public et un souvenir ému à ceux qui l'ont connu, étudiants comme amis.
« Un brillant photographe et un professeur généreux ; il m’a énormément appris et m’a aidé à m’établir en tant que photographe. » témoigne Calum Colvin. Comme lui, de nombreux anciens élèves de Joseph McKenzie ont exprimé leur admiration pour celui qui fut leur professeur au St. Martin's School of Art de Londres (1954) ou au Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design de Dundee (1954 - 1986). Dans cette ville d&#...