The East Anglians
Justin Partyka
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Reed Cutter, Suffolk, 2004
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Farmhouse Interior, Norfolk, 2006
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Eric Wortley, Norfolk, 2005
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Farmyard Scene, Norfolk, 2005
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Inside a Farm Workshop, Norfolk, 2004
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Sugar Beet Harvest, Norfolk, 2004
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Farmyard Scene, Norfolk, 2006
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Burning Farm Rubbish, Norfolk, 2004
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Eel Catcher, Cambridgeshire, 2002
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Abandoned Farm, Norfolk, 2007
For nearly a decade, Justin Partyka has been photographing rural lives in East Anglia. He has taken over 14,000 photographs. His photographs appear in Granta 102: The New Nature Writing, alongside Robert Macfarlane’s essay ‘Ghost Species’. Click here to see more of Partyka’s work.
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