It has been about a year since my Develop Your Creative Practice Grant. A chance through a lockdown and as the lockdown came to an end to experiment and try new approaches alongside The Old Electric a community theatre that arrived in Lancashire. My feelings and ideas are drawn from and to the community and the personality of Blackpool, Lancashire a victorian seaside town, (home), and how the place we live and the narrative are fed back to us as residents. It surprised me to see that I have not posted here for over a year. With thoughts of community, photography, and creativity bouncing around my head continuously.
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April 12th 2021 Blackpool Loves you. Opening up......
Blackpool is a great backdrop to tell stories of no hope. How strange then that the town holds in its very heart: colour, feelings of festivities, and hidden culture not always owned by the community but often sold back to us. The camera makes a good exploration buddy - treading paths of least resistance and challenging the everyday assumptions around a place such as Blackpool.
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