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Shooting Bolton Creatives
I recently organised a photo-shoot, starting with a call-out to Bolton creatives, in order to produce a promotional shot for a project led by local art and heritage group, Live from Worktown. The project, to reinvigorate Bolton’s participation in the 12th May Mass Observation (MO) Day, has its roots in a ground-breaking 1930s ethnographic research
LfW New Brand Image
Stretching myself outside of my comfort zone somewhat, I’ve spent the last few weeks creating a new web-site for Live from Worktown, a community interest group that I’m a part of. For various reasons we’ve had the need to urgently create a new web-site, so I tentatively put my hand up to do this. Although
The Bury Knife Angel
In conjunction with Live from Worktown, fellow director, Peter Firth, and I were delighted to be invited by the Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre to create an audio visual record of local resident’s thoughts and reflections on the Knife Angel during its residency in the town in March 2024. What is the Knife Angel?
A Year on the Hill
Inspired by the way in which people came together to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Mass Trespass walk up to Winter Hill, Live from Worktown’s poet-in-residence Dave Morgan, penned his own tribute to the hill – a poem that spans the seasons and explores the essence of what this ever-present beacon in the West
Bolton’s Whitman on Walls
On May 28th 2022, the classic art deco lecture hall in Bolton’s Library hosted a unique event based on a collaboration between American and local academics, poets, historians and musicians, all brought together to celebrate their shared passion for the great American poet, Walt Whitman. Having heard about the Bolton Whitmanites and the annual walk
Love from Worktown
This year’s anthology of poems from Live from Worktown is on the theme of love and is appropriately being launched on Valentine’s Day. I was asked if I had any suitable photographs that would work in the book, so I’m pleased to say that this shot of a new, unfurling fern in the shape of
Open Space – Autumn 2021
Open Space is the quarterly magazine produced by the Open Spaces Society, Britain’s oldest conservation body that campaigns to maintain everyone’s rights in England and Wales to enjoy public land including commons, greens and paths. Kate Ashbrook, general secretary of the charity organisation, was one of the keynote speakers launching the commemorative walk on the
Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries
Winter Hill has to be one of my most photographed landscapes so I’m always pleased when someone picks out one of my shots and this particular image has been selected by David Price, the author of Selected Climbs and Bouldering in Wilton Quarries. Published just a few weeks ago, I’m delighted to have my very
Poetry from the Platform 2021
I’m pleased to say that this rather unassuming photo has been chosen as the basis for an illustration in a recently published anthology of poetry resulting from a collaboration between the Bolton Station Community Partnership and Live from Worktown. Starting out as an idea to bring in the local arts community to help make Bolton
BBC Night Vision Gallery
I’m absolutely delighted to find out today that one of my entries to the BBC’s Your Pictures feature on the theme of Night Vision has been selected for their gallery. I love the work of American artists such as Ed Ruscha and Edward Hopper and during the early stages of lockdown, I tried to recreate
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