A photograph of Acklam Ironworks entitled A Giant and Pigmies by Harold Hood from his book Middlesbrough Pictorial and Industrial published in 1926.
Harold Hood was a well respected photographer and owner of Hood and Company Publisher and Printers of Middlesbrough. He was a member of the Royal Photographic Society and instigator of the RPS’s annual Hood Medal. The medal is awarded within the art or science of photography for a body of photographic work produced to promote or raise awareness of an aspect of public benefit or service. Past winners of the medal include Sir David Attenborough, Jacques Cousteau and Gina Glover.
The Smell of Water 