As a follow on from the Portraits from the North East the portraits collective compiled a list of local WW2 veterans with a view to having portrait sittings with each of them individually. The portraits were to be exhibited in Newcastle Cathedral to coincide with a special remembrance service in November. The collective worked in pairs and each pair was assigned veterans from the list. We visited them in their homes and shot portraits and any memorabilia that they were willing to show as we listened to their wartime stories. A dictaphone was also used to make recordings of the stories with a view to maybe using them at a later date to accompany a slideshow of the images taken. The final exhibition was received very well and there has been talk of it being donated to the Imperial War Museum for their archives. Edith Hunter was was born in 1922 and signed up to the WAAF in 1942 where she served for four years. Dorothy Sugg was a civilian worker at Bletchley Park before joining the Royal Observer Corps. The Veterans on display at Newcastle Cathedral.
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The RPS Documentary group were recently given the chance to observe and photograph Tyne and Wear Fire Service trainees whilst they were undergoing training and instruction at the fire service headquarters in Newcastle.
Ten documentary group members including myself were briefed at the beginning of the session during which we were told which parts of the training area were accessible and which were out of bounds. The day was very interesting and we all made some good documentary images. |
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