Writing this mid-month as COVID 19 spreads across the globe and the public are advised to self-isolate if displaying symptoms or in contact with an infected person. It’s an unprecedented situation and very worrying. To keep the virus from spreading large events will be cancelled from the end of next week. Many UK galleries are already cancelling or postponing shows. At the end of last week Worthing Museum had no plans to close to the public but I am aware that this can change at any point. I’m grateful that my show has already been up for a couple of months. There was a very nice mention for it in April’s issue of Outdoor Photography.
The short video interview that I gave at the museum last month about the work in the show also went live. It can be seen here.
At university we completed one of our collaborative projects last week. I had been working with four other MA students on a photography skills workshop for veterans that took place at St Pancras Hospital. The collaboration was really enjoyable and the workshop was a great experience. I documented it with stills and video and edited the 6 minute video for a small internal exhibition at the university.
Setting up for the photography skills workshop
The Shutterhub exhibition, Postcards from Great Britain, launched in Haarlem, the Netherlands on 5 March and runs until 2 April. The show will tour a few different locations during 2020. There are 119 photographers included. I have an image in the exhibition which was taken on an anti-Brexit march.
Anti-Brexit march 2019
Finally, I was very happy to find out last week that my photograph has made it through to the second round of the Royal Academy Summer exhibition. It’s an image that I shot in Canada, from a series about climate change and forest fires. Fingers crossed that it makes it through to the final hang, and that the exhibition will be able to go ahead this summer.