Events for WIP Members

In this talk, Caroline describes how life journeys can feed creativity. Her own journey in photography began in 2004 after treatment for breast cancer. A change in outlook freed her to pursue a creative practice that has taken her around the world, exploring multiple-exposure and abstract landscape photography and delving into the world of limited-edition bookmaking. As an outdoor photographer, she makes images while out walking, whether abroad or in her local woods in suburbia. 

This event is for WIP group members only.

Heather Laurence PhD will cover:

Wellbeing, how photography and archaeology work together as a tool.

Why we are working in the area that we are.

What we have done so far.

What we are hoping to do.

What the expected outcome of the project is.

Future direction of the project.

This event is open to everyone.

In this talk, Jemma will share how photography has helped her to express, explore, understand, and accept her mental health conditions.

Please be aware that whilst all images displayed are suitable for all this talk will contain sensitive discussions around Mental Health conditions and how it has affected Jemma, which some viewers may find difficult.

This event is open to everyone.

Mixedness is my Mythology explores the historical relationship between South Africa and the Netherlands that revolves around the connections and contradictions of migration, ethnicity, colonialism and apartheid.

I was born in South Africa in 1993, the official last year of the apartheid era that classified me as Coloured. My grandparents were forcefully removed and my parents chose to raise me in The Netherlands from the age of six. My family sits in a grey space where we deconstruct the apartheid construction of ‘colouredness’ and make it our own....

This event is open to everyone.

Using socially engaged practice and archive collections to challenge the narrative of menopause. 

Marge will share the process of delivering ‘Whose Menopause?’, a 12-month socially engaged programme of work in Bolton, which was co-created with three community groups. The project used photography and sustainable cameraless methods to challenge the typical menopause narrative, which often excludes people identifying as LGBTQ+, working class or from the global majority. 

This event is open to everyone.