Update on Preparations

I have been taking a break from framing this week, and instead have been working on creating a digital rotation of images from the archive in the form of a slideshow, which may be shown alongside the prints in the Beyond the View - Reframing the Sunbeam Photographic Collection exhibition.

In an attempt to identify categories and groupings within the images in the archive, my area of research has been focusing on "the worker", examining images that depict both the male and the female worker, and the (often stereotypical) differences between their work for the particular time-period. Many of the images also include glimpses into their working environment and aspects of daily-life.

I have been scouring the archive for these images and have found a surprising number - so many I have had to be quite selective about which I choose to include!

One of my favourite selected images depicting a
friendly-looking postman.

The conference and exhibition are now fast-approaching, so if you would like to become a delegate and have not already done so, book your place using the link below:

http://shop.canterbury.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=37&catid=172&prodvarid=250