For the next 4-5 months the good majority of my Blogs will concentrate on one of my personal projects which I started in Febuary. For this project I had set out to photograph the 185 mile journey between where I used to live (Berwick-upon-Tweed) and where I now live (Darwen, Lancashire).
I was hoping to produce a set of quality (hopefully technically sound) landscape images to exhibit in Blackburn, UK in June 2010. Throughout the project I want to keep detailed research in sketchbooks along with plans and records of work I have carried out. I was sure of one thing in particular-that I would be open-minded, and willing to change what I set out to do. Since February, I have already made various changes about how I will accomplish the project.
The historic town of Berwick (the most Northern town of England) is 185 miles from where I now live in Darwen. I have made the journey ever since being a baby so it is an interesting thing for me to re-visit.
As a child, I didn’t appreciate living in Berwick, I found it boring on most days, except in the height of summer and on the cold snowy days in winter. At these times I loved being outside on the farm. After a few years of being away from the town and growing a bit older, I now really miss the rural landscapes and slower pace of life that I once enjoyed. I looked at images taken above both towns and Berwick looks like a patchwork quilt. For me this project could end up being about bridging the gap between the two places.
For now my task is to brainstorm! I need to think about places on the journey that I could photgraph and narrow this down to those that I should photograph.
