About The Book
An Extremely Un-get-atable Place is a lyrical reimagining of the time that writer George Orwell lived at Barnhill, a remote farmhouse on the Isle of Jura in Scotland. It was here that Orwell wrote his landmark book Nineteen Eighty-Four – a dire warning of the dangers of totalitarianism and political despotism. Photographer Craig Easton was invited to stay at Barnhill – largely unchanged since Orwell’s time – where he made a series of landscape and still life images. In Easton’s new book, these photographs are presented alongside extracts from Orwell’s letters and diaries written on the island. Publisher’s Info
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About The Artist
Craig Easton is a multi award-winning photographer whose work is deeply rooted in the documentary tradition. Easton’s work has been the subject of three previous monographs: Fisherwomen (Ten O’Clock Books, 2021), Bank Top (GOST Books, 2022) and Thatcher’s Children (GOST Books, 2023). In 2021, he won Photographer of the Year at the SONY World Photography Awards for his series Bank Top, and the following year was recognised with an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society.
Video: Craig Easton Artist Talk | Street Level Photoworks
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Specifics
Craig Easton: An Extremely Un-Get-Atable Place (GOST Books, 2025) | Text by Richard Blair | 270 x 330 mm | 100 pages with 58 images | Hardback. Link.
Links: You Can’t Get to Barnhill from Here by Sylvia Topp | The Orwell Society
