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Photographer Peter Marlow reflects on his Open for Business commission and making the conscious choice not to photograph the personalities of people working, but rather searching for the inherent personality of the factories.

“Having worked in the Black Country many years ago, looking at the changing nature of immigration and the closures of foundries during the severe recession in 1982, I was fascinated to go back and see how things had changed.”

Open for Business saw nine of the world’s leading photographers documenting contemporary British manufacturing and was a collaborative project funded by the Arts Council England, through its Strategic Touring programme, and in partnership with UK cultural institutions: National Media Museum; Manchester Museum of Science & Industry; National Railway Museum; London Science Museum; University of South Wales, Newport; Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery; MShed Bristol; and Street Level Photoworks. The result was an ambitious, national touring exhibition that toured to the cultural partner venues throughout 2014 and 2015.

The programme also included a comprehensive website, a series of newspapers and a bespoke education programme and François Matarasso and Laura Ismay produced a series of short films as part of the project.

Open for Business was commissioned and produced by Multistory who are supported by Sandwell Council and Arts Council England.

For more about the project: openforbusiness.uk.com