Mik Critchlow
One of the Tribe The documentary photography of Mik Critchlow Ian Wright ARPS Mik Critchlow is a British Social Documentary Photographer based in the North East of England. He began a long-term photography project documenting his home town of Ashington, Northumberland. The son of a miner, he has worked in the community with a deep-rooted empathy for the townsfolk, documenting the area and it’s people during a period of social and environmental change. His work is held in public and private collections and has been exhibited and published widely including: Side Gallery, Amber-Side Collection, Brunel University, Durham Art Gallery, Arts Council England, Northern Arts, The British Journal of Photography, and Creative Camera. He recently published Coal Town, his long term project about Ashington, his home town. Coal Town, is published by Bluecoat Press. In November 2020 he gave a talk as part of the RPS Documentary Group’s Engagement series. For this feature he was interviewed by Ian Wright ARPS. Mik’s work can be found here: www.mikcritchlow.com 12
