Present and Continuous was an 18 month collaborative research project with Over60s group Many Hands Craft Collective, exploring the potential of photography as a socially engaged tool for engagement.
Present and Continuous was an 18 month collaborative research project with Over60s group Many Hands Craft Collective, exploring the potential of photography as a socially engaged tool for engagement.
Present and Continuous was an 18 month collaborative research project with Over60s group Many Hands Craft Collective, exploring the potential of photography as a socially engaged tool for engagement. The publication produced featured images from the project including a short residency we undertook with the 'Bathroom darkroom project',
Present and Continuous was an 18 month collaborative research project with Over60s group Many Hands Craft Collective, exploring the potential of photography as a socially engaged tool for engagement. The publication produced featured images from the project including a short residency we undertook with the 'Bathroom darkroom project'
Image from the Present and Continuous project, which was an 18 month collaborative research project with Over60s group Many Hands Craft Collective, exploring the potential of photography as a socially engaged tool for engagement.
Ferry Folk is the result of a 9 month residency with the Mersey Ferries. I was invited to create a new body of artwork that captures a contemporary view of the Mersey Ferry view whilst still reflecting its rich past. The project was commissioned in partnership with Merseytravel, Museum of Liverpool, Open Eye Gallery and supported by Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England. Working closely with the Mersey Ferries staff, commuters and daily tourists, I created opportunities for individual’s stories and memories of the ferry to be shared. The viewfinder was one of the final artworks produced for the commission, inviting audiences to choose slides of documentary images of the ferry community created by myself and those I collaborated with during the residency.
Ferry Folk is the result of a 9 month residency with the Mersey Ferries. I was invited to create a new body of artwork that captures a contemporary view of the Mersey Ferry view whilst still reflecting its rich past. The project was commissioned in partnership with Merseytravel, Museum of Liverpool, Open Eye Gallery and supported by Grants for the Arts, Arts Council England. Working closely with the Mersey Ferries staff, commuters and daily tourists, I created opportunities for individual’s stories and memories of the ferry to be shared. The viewfinder was one of the final artworks produced for the commission, inviting audiences to choose slides of documentary images of the ferry community created by myself and those I collaborated with during the residency.
As part of the Ferry Folk residency project I worked with a local social history group, Digital Ambassadors to co-create a series of photostories and oral histories about their connection to the mersey ferry.
The People’s River project was a community-led programme, where I worked with people who live and work along the River Irk in Manchester. It was inspired by Friedrich Engels writings of the River Irk in his seminal text ‘The Conditions of the Working Class in England’. Commissioned by Manchester Histories, the project aimed to reveal and creatively share the often hidden histories and stories of people’s own local heritage. As part of the commission I had the pleasure of working with individuals from the 93 wellness centre in Harpurhey, North Manchester. We walked, talked, took photographs and created cyanotypes together to explore the local area, its heritage and share stories about the hidden histories of the Irk Valley.
The People’s River project was a community-led programme, where I worked with people who live and work along the River Irk in Manchester. It was inspired by Friedrich Engels writings of the River Irk in his seminal text ‘The Conditions of the Working Class in England’. Commissioned by Manchester Histories, the project aimed to reveal and creatively share the often hidden histories and stories of people’s own local heritage. As part of the commission I had the pleasure of working with individuals from the 93 wellness centre in Harpurhey, North Manchester. We walked, talked, took photographs and created cyanotypes together to explore the local area, its heritage and share stories about the hidden histories of the Irk Valley.
The People’s River project was a community-led programme, where I worked with people who live and work along the River Irk in Manchester. It was inspired by Friedrich Engels writings of the River Irk in his seminal text ‘The Conditions of the Working Class in England’. Commissioned by Manchester Histories, the project aimed to reveal and creatively share the often hidden histories and stories of people’s own local heritage. As part of the commission I had the pleasure of working with individuals from the 93 wellness centre in Harpurhey, North Manchester. We walked, talked, took photographs and created cyanotypes together to explore the local area, its heritage and share stories about the hidden histories of the Irk Valley.
