photography exhibition Archives - Blackpool Social Club

15 Apr

Artist Q&A: George Foy – The Spirit of Adventure

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsblackpool arts scene, photography exhibition, travel photography

The month swings round with alarming speed and it's time for the switch over at the Tea Amantes cafe and gallery. This time a very different photography follows on from the street snapping of the last show. David Simper popped along to see it. For once, the service 61 bus let me down and, while I had time to walk to catch the service 3 instead, this meant that I was later than usual at the Tea Amantes gallery. However, on entering, there was still plenty going on and plenty of nibbles, mostly featuring chocolate, which is always good. I…

24 Mar

Artist Q&A: Adam Mousley

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsblack and white photography, blackpool arts scene, photography exhibition, street photography

A new exhibition of black and white prints, all taken on film, is a masterclass in the old ways of image making and perhaps the start of a long-term social record. David Simper caught up with the artist behind them. I've admired Adam Mousley's work for a long time and was therefore pleased to learn that he had secured an exhibition space in the downstairs cafe area at The HIVE in Blackpool. The collection is eclectic, but all delivered with a trademark intensity, strong composition, a quick eye and excellent use of perspective. Some of the shots were taken at various…

04 Mar

Exhibition Review: No 12 Collective

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & Exhibitionsblackpool arts scene, photography, photography exhibition

David Simper travelled down to the town centre on a Friday night to catch a new exhibition from the No 12 Collective, based in the UCLan photography department. The group returns after staging an exhibition at Hive a year ago. He arrived to find the place bustling. This group's previous show was excellent and I was keen to see this new collection as the No 12 Collective returned to The Hive gallery on 28th February 2025. The prints were generally large and well presented. I noticed that they were accompanied by photo books and business cards, which had not been…

04 Sep

Blackpool architect celebrated in social history archive

Claire Griffiths1 CommentVisual Arts & Exhibitionsphotography exhibition

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Photographs are surely the greatest route to remembering, an accessible medium making up many a photo album, picture postcard, or even a keyring of a special time or event. But what else can photography do? Claire Walmsley Griffiths tells us how a project by a group of learning disabled photographers has led to the creation of an archive documenting an important part of Blackpool's built heritage and social history. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Earlier this year after working on a project with a group of Learning Disabled photographers with Leftcoast in Bostonway, Hawes Side. A story was recounted by a manager of The…

07 Aug

‘Stagefright’ – Dawn Mander’s exhibition wows at Tea Amantes venue

David Simper0 CommentsVisual Arts & ExhibitionsBlackpool, blackpool arts scene, colour photography, dawn mander, monochrome photography, photography, photography exhibition, tea amantes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Once more on the service 3 bus to Tea Amantes to view local hero snapper, Dawn Mander’s, excellent street photography based exhibition. On my arrival the place was already buzzing, full of the great and good of Blackpool creative society and others from as far afield as Leeds and Bedford. It was rather bizarre to see photographers taking photographs of photographs (including me), but so it was. Dawn seems to have a reputation for keeping out of the limelight, but with this quality of work, the question is why? She says of her photographs:[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1659864185019{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom:…

11 Apr

Photographer Stuart Linden Rhodes to Reminisce on Blackpool’s Queer Nightlife

David Simper0 CommentsHeritage, Visual Arts & Exhibitions90s, Blackpool, gay, gay culture, gay heritage, photography, photography exhibition, Queer, queer culture, queer heritage, queer nightlife, stuart linden rhodes, talk

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Heritage project to host an artist's talk as part of an outdoor photography exhibition celebrating Blackpool’s queer nightlife. Photographer and journalist, Stuart Linden Rhodes, captured his collection of images between 1991 and 1995, touring the country and documenting parties, protests and pride parades. Seven of Stuart’s Blackpool images are on display outside the Grundy Art Gallery until Saturday June 11 as part of the ‘We’re still here…’ heritage project led by Abingdon Studios and artists Garth Gratrix and Harry Clayton-Wright. The talk with Stuart Linden Rhodes takes place at 3pm on Wednesday April 13 at the Grundy Art Gallery. For…