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In February 2001, Foot and Mouth Disease arrived in Cumbria. At its peak Cumbria was the worst affected county in Britain with a staggering 41 per cent of all cases. For the local community, the environmental and social consequences were to prove devastating. As a local resident, leading UK photographer John Darwell found himself surrounded by the effects of the disease. Over the next twelve months, he committed himself to recording what was taking place. Despite government reports to the contrary, the Cumbrian countryside became largely a 'no-go area', whilst on the farms thousands of animals were destroyed, their bodies burnt on the now notorious pyres. The ultimate clean-up of the infected farms led to extraordinary lengths being taken to eradicate the virus. ""Dark Days"" represents, perhaps, the most complete record of this time and provides a powerful and emotive insight into one of the most dramatic and destructive periods in British farming history. It is published in association with Littoral Arts.

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John Darwell is represented in a number of important collections, including those of the National Media Museum in Bradford, the Victoria & Albert Museum, London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He has published 4 previous titles. Liz Wells is Reader in Photographic Theory, School of Media and Photography, University of Plymouth; Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; Member, European Society for the History of Photography and Society for Photographic Education, USA. She has written and contributed to numerous publications.

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