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24 Sep

OPEN CALL: Blackpool Social Club zine #1

Catherine Mugonyi0 CommentsLocal News, OpportunitiesArt, artist, author, Blackpool, books, callout, community, illustration, photographer, photography, poetry, zine

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] OPEN CALL: Blackpool Social Club zine #1 Everything not saved will be lost DEADLINE Friday 25 September 2020 Submissions are open for the first issue of the Blackpool Social Club Zine. We welcome contributions from artists and creatives of all backgrounds and all experience levels who live in an FY postcode area. The first issue will be available from early October 2020 online or from a number of Blackpool venues, costing a suggested donation of £2-3 to help cover production costs. Contributors will be paid for their work at a flat rate of £30. Please note that this isn’t…

Henry Iddon photographer profile

Blackpool Social Club0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsphotographer, photography

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] We meet Blackpool born and bred photographer Henry Iddon to find out about his life behind the camera; chatting about portraits, Hill People and the Golden Mile. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] q. Hello Henry! Can you tell us a bit about how you work and your processes? a. I guess the main thing with major projects is the background research to help inform an idea. So for ‘Hill People’, portraits of those using the Lake District fells for recreation, I read a lot of academic papers about dress and identity, ‘A Place to Go’ about poignant mountain landscapes I read various…

Review – Richard Hardwick Experimental Photographer at Shaws Cafe

Claire Griffiths0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsExhibition, photographer, photography, portraitphotography, The Best of Blackpool

Last Friday, I hit the resort's very own art house cafe Shaws to check a Blackpool based photographer's extremely interesting images. Free cake and coffee were on offer as the room filled with the good people of the ever-growing photographer's scene in Blackpool. And why not Blackpool as a picture-perfect place, however Richard's images take a different route. His images are not so much pictorial and not about Blackpool refreshingly but rather led by something quite different. I caught up with Richard to find out more about his very personal approach to portrait photography. Tell me a bit about you…