Holden Gallery, Manchester

Quick snapshot. Frames all ready to go for hanging tomorrow, at Holden Gallery, Manchester. 

Concertina Book: The Piermaster's house

Concertina book , 18 pages, 2 x 2.5 inches

I've been busy lately, just making. The is book is titled the Piermaster's house and includes my own photographs alongside scanned extracts and illustrations from a World War Two recipe book.

Testing out ideas

Mini maze book.

Project in Progress

A  preview into my most recent shoot, photographing the diaries themselves. The book shown here was written in 1936.

Handmade books : Brenda's diaries

A few months ago I spoke about my new photography project involving a set of  diaries I bought at a car boot. The photos below are mock up books I've been making using scans from the diaries.

1940s Wartime Weekend at Lytham St. Annes.

Lytham 1940s Wartime Weekend

 On the 17th August I attended Lytham's 1940s festival. These photographs are of their WW2 re-enactment battle scene.

Handmade Concertina Book

Miniature, handmade, double sided concertina hardback book that I created for a recent project. The book contains photographs I've taken on an old Olympus trip 35 camera and, within tiny paper pockets, scans of  documents belonging to my Grandfather in the 1940s, that can be opened and folded out. 

Brenda's diaries: New Photography project!

I'm excited to be working on a new photography project! I recently bought 19 old diaries from a car boot sale. They start at 1925 when the author is just 14 and finish in 1958. I have been typing out sections of the diaries, on my Imperial typewriter.

A short extract from Saturday 2nd October 1948

 "Just come to bed straight in soon after 10. Washed stockings, set hair etc. Now 10:45 but determined to try to get my diary going again. Know that I shall regret not having lovely times in writing."