Gallery
Joss Matthews
- Image by Joss Matthews
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This Photograph is from my series Ex Mare Dei Gratia which is Canvey Island’s Coat of Arms, meaning ‘From the Sea, by the Grace of God. Within this project, I look at the identity of Canvey through individuals within the community as well as the unique landscape it inhabits, influenced by tourism, industry and the surrounding sea wall which is a constant reminder of their vulnerability to tidal waters. This is Mike Towett. I met him outside his house which lies just behind the island's sea wall. I told Mike about the project I was working on and he invited me in for a cup of tea which turned into lunch. I sat upstairs in his lounge overlooking the estuary and listened to Mike and his wife talk of their travels around the world and the stories behind their eclectic collection of art. Their house was truly a map of their life’s experiences. Mike is 79 years old and has always lived locally, the last 49 years being on the island itself. Mike worked as an oil spill consultant for refineries along the River Thames. Living at the mouth of the Thames with an overlooking view from his balcony, the river is still very much part of his life.
Clare Patrick
- Image by Clare Patrick
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject My family does not have many heirlooms, however we do grapple with a legacy of secrets and generational histories that are passed down, often remaining unspoken and unnamed. This image, for me, represents a questioning of the heirlooms that my family holds, and those that have been discarded. The image is of a bunch of fresh flowers which were discarded in a graveyard I visited, and it speaks to ideas of loss, of rejection, and most crucially for me, it is filled with so many unanswerable questions. Flowers are nostalgic, symbolic and often a placeholder for remembrance and memorialisation. I enjoy the blurriness of the image, where the flowers are behind a layer of plastic that changes their colour and the petals become indistinct shapes that could be anything.
Abigail Evans
- Image by Abigail Evans
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject The main connection to his heritage my Granddad shared with me was the food of his home country of Guyana. He was poor at sharing recipes, cooking too quickly and just getting on with it or sneaking in secret ingredients. A few years after he died, my mum and I both really specifically fancied something in the style of "jungle food", as he called it, which involves fried plantain, dumplings, coconut-y sauce and often fresh fish. This image shows my mum's hands, which I share, as she peels the tough skin of the plantain, I love all the softened points and tips and the proximity we feel looking at it.
Abigail Evans
- Image by Abigail Evans
- Theme Household
- Subject My Dad has been gathering, sorting and displaying family archival images for years and I am particularly interested in how they interact with, and exist, in the spaces they now inhabit. How they talk to each other, how they fit into the space and how they sit against other surfaces.
Abigail Evans
- Image by Abigail Evans
- Theme Household
- Subject We have mountains of historical and familial ephemera in the house which my Dad regularly goes through or leaves lying around for shadows to fall across. I love the flattening, condensing effect photographing can have on a subject and, here, the light helps frame and form this composite scenes.
Alisha Dar
- Image by Alisha Dar
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject The London borough of Waltham Forest has become home to a sizeable Pakistani community over the last 75 years. With such a sizeable epoch harbouring the growth of a specific community, many stories of struggle, readjustment and triumph have been whispered between the lips of those who pride themselves as community members. These stories have been audible at the volume merely a whisper for an overwhelming portion of the period which contains their utterance…until now. The community within the borough is ever prospering and I take great pride in seeing how well my community has integrated with the principles of Britishness whilst managing to preserve their roots from erosion. More specifically, the Pakistani women from this borough, like myself, are thriving better than ever before in our history and my portrayal of them shines a light on the self-confidence of the intelligent, courageous and beautiful individuals whose positivity will continue to enhance the development of their community for years to come. Photographed: Nosheen
Daniel Harvey Gonzalez
- Image by Daniel Harvey Gonzalez
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This is an image from Bellwether Town, a project I worked on about my hometown of Basildon in Essex and the kind of lifestyle my friends and I lived on the estate we grew up on. The work talks about stigma, identity, and its relationship with space and is very personal to me.
jodie bateman
- Image by jodie bateman
- Theme Household
- Subject This image I selected to represent household I feel is very unique in telling my story of my family as there is slight diversity captured within one image which may lead to many questions about my household.
Eve Webster
- Image by Eve Webster
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject I think this is a good image for the Untold Heritage category. We noticed these large black and white-tipped stumps at the lock gates in Sawley, they were around 40cm high and would make a comfortable seating stool. They looked like they had been there for a hundred years or more, and when I noticed them, I wondered what they were and what have they been used for. We decided to ask the Canal and River Trust volunteer lock keeper, he told us they were mooring pins for large working vessels that used to pass through with goods, heading for the Shardlow Basin. The marks we could see on them like chips were where the ropes had once been tied. The lock is 16ft wide, so it saw some pretty big boats 100 years ago, whereas today the leisure boats are a lot smaller, which is why these gigantic mooring pins are no longer used. I think these pins are part of our heritage untold, but part of their history has now been told to us and this is why I have decided to submit this as an entry. I chose this image because the stump sits in the background and this is how it lives, it's part of the history of the lock, but I suspect many people pass by it every day and do not notice it's existence or question why it is there.
Holly Houlton
- Image by Holly Houlton
- Theme Household
- Subject Over the duration of lockdown and now too, amidst the global pandemic during these strange times, I’ve been working on a small (in progress) project of documenting my time spent in the family home and going on walks. These little walks in a rural place, or one away from my house, provide me with the small bit of freedom and escapism needed to clear my head and allow emotive contemplation during such difficult and challenging times both for my future career and wellbeing. These have almost become documentation of a photographic diary, an ‘isolation diary’. I’ve been photographing on solely my iPhone, as this was the only equipment available to me at the time of starting the project (I had left all of my photography equipment in my university house and had moved back to my family home at the start of lockdown!) – this has actually meant I have taken a bit more time considering and taking the photos as the iPhone is not the most technically sound piece of equipment to do a project with! Therefore, more care has been taken to capture what I’m drawn to wanting to capture, through the act of looking and getting the right angle. I’ve been observing the light, the passing of time, objects which take my interest whether it’s due to how the light shines on it or the way it’s haphazardly fallen to the floor. I've always had a strong connection with the themes of intimate photography and capturing familiar environments or those relating to the home - this image and my others for this series, depict the culture my family have and of their focus doing up houses as projects.
Maryam Wahid
- Image by Maryam Wahid
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This image is from the series, “Women from the Pakistani Diaspora”. It is a self-portrait composed in Birmingham that explores my mothers identity as an 18-year-old woman of Pakistani origin who emigrated to the United Kingdom. I have depicted these images by showcasing outfits that were worn by my mother over 35 years ago and by visiting the places that were significant to my mother’s life as a young migrant woman in Britain. The women from the Pakistani diaspora who relocated to the UK were very often the hardworking wives, daughters, mothers and grandmothers of individuals who had migrated from cities, towns and small villages in Pakistan. These individuals came to the UK to work in key industrial sectors and set up businesses that contributed towards the healthy economy of their new-found nation. Pakistani women provided a crucial envelopment of familiarity and comfort that gave their husbands, fathers, children and grandchildren a sense of their place of origin – making it a home away from home. My self-portrait collection seeks to recognise the existence and achievements of such Pakistani women and their role as the backbone of a community that transformed inner-city Britain. Today, British Pakistani women continue to revolutionise gender roles for other women through the determination, emotional support and encouragement of their female peer network.
shi yun
- Image by shi yun
- Theme Play
- Subject Hide and Seek - Haunted version. The catcher have to hide under the cloth while counting down, and walk around with it in the dark when the time is up. It is one of my favourite childhood game as it is very thrilling for both the catcher and the hiders.
shi yun
- Image by shi yun
- Theme Household
- Subject This is my favourite photo with my dad and sister at a butterfly exhibition. Growing up, I wasn't close with my dad as he travels around Asia for work and my sister was always living in her own world. Hence, I always keep this photograph as a bookmark in my notebook wherever I travel, especially when I have moved to London for further studies, to keep them around me.
Charlotte Rowe
- Image by Charlotte Rowe
- Theme Play
- Subject I wanted to explore the idea of play through imagination - the model may be sitting on a stool in front of a camera in real life, but in her mind, she is dreaming of being in a fairytale.
Prudence Bond
- Image by Prudence Bond
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject “We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors; We Borrow It from Our Children.” - Native American Proverb. These images are from my project entitled Finite. It looks at the human impact on the environment and the world we are creating. In response to the climate crisis I wanted to produce work that highlighted the impact of our 21st-century society. I visited Iceland to photograph the disappearing landscape and the glacier tongues of vatnajökull. Some of which will be completely gone in my lifetime. I wanted to document the beautiful and fragile glacier to keep a record of what once was, as well as show people the irreversible damage that is being done. Another impact to the earth is again our use of crude oil which takes its form as plastic. Polluting our oceans and suffocating marine life. I photographed plastic bags to create these deep-sea creatures to give a glimpse into the perhaps not so distant future where our pollution has now integrated into a living organism. I juxtaposed images of a world that is cracking and crumbling with a vision of what we are leaving for future generations.
Kourosh Simpkins
- Image by Kourosh Simpkins
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject An image taken from the perspective of an animal behind a bookshelf.
Amanda Holdom
- Image by Amanda Holdom
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject Mom's hands, Nan's rings. Birmingham (2020)
Daisy Evans
- Image by Daisy Evans
- Theme Play
- Subject I took this image during the Photoworks 'play' workshop, I was playing around with reflections when I took this of my Doctor Who funko pop. I think the reflection from the paperweight I used as a lens captures the atmosphere of Doctor Who which has been a significant part of my childhood and heritage.
jake carvin
- Image by jake carvin
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This my friend Miles, He broke his back in a motorcycle accident when he was 16, He has since re-learned to walk and got a new motorcycle. Then later this year we started to learn skateboarding together! This project was shot at an abandoned zoo that has been closed for some years now, This 'zoo' or rather Flamingo Park is located on the east side of the Isle of Wight and was a huge deal for tourists and locals. The park Hosted Penguins, Meerkats, alpacas and many more including obviously... Flamingos! We decided to have an adventure down memory lane and see if we could find any interesting objects to photograph/document. This is the resulting shoot! The location is a cleared out an old water bowl/tank (We think it housed Otters) it was covered in old brick, litter and wood. Once cleared we spent an hour or so skating, took some photos and then left.
Jasmine Dawes
- Image by Jasmine Dawes
- Theme Household
- Subject This photograph is inspired by my mum, she is a hairdresser and has a very bright personality, and I tried to show this in the photo.
Daisy Evans
- Image by Daisy Evans
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject I love photographing my staffy, her brindle fur and greying face add texture to the image and her eyes and big ears add personality. I took this image during the Photoworks workshop and I am proud of the result despite her not wanting to sit still!
Chloe Phillips
- Image by Chloe Phillips
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject Tiger cat enjoying the quiet of lockdown
Maryam Rana
- Image by Maryam Rana
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject My grandparents are seated with their grandchildren, telling them the story of our ancestors in the photographs. They are passing on their own memories to us so that our ancestors' stories are not forgotten.
Lotti Terry
- Image by Lotti Terry
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
Ikon Shepherd
- Image by Ikon Shepherd
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject I want to explore the untold stories and heritage of Africans, to see that it's not only about slavery but the rich culture we have as a continent.
Flynn McDonnell
- Image by Flynn McDonnell
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject In tribute to my late grandmother, who passed away when I was very young, my image depicts her alongside myself, my brother (riding the donkey) and mother at Broadstairs. Having been abandoned by her father at the age of four, as an Irish immigrant she was sent to live in a Catholic convent in Southampton. Whilst there, like so many other children who were put under the care of the Catholic Church, she was both poorly treated and abused. This ultimately affected her for the rest of her life as she suffered from depression and anxiety. Having been a heavy smoker and drinker all her life, she died of a stroke in her early sixties' when I was just three years old. This is only one of a handful of photos that we now have of us together. Drawing on ideas of memory and materiality, writer Gene McSweeney explores the idea of the film process being one that is closer to our lives than we think. He suggests how like skin, the chemicals in film age affecting the final image; photographs deteriorate and become damaged over time. Like the photograph itself, my grandmother's life was one of struggle and hardship; yet despite this, there were still glimpses of happiness and love within it.
Kassia Chapman
- Image by Kassia Chapman
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject Taken in London - good timing with the seagull - taken age 15.
Amber Brown
- Image by Amber Brown
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject ‘It must be somewhere here’ is a year-long survey of the Northern deep coal-mining landscape. As the granddaughter of two miners, it acts as both a geographical study and inquiry into ancestry. A departure to colour depicts former colliery sites which have been visually affected by the chemical aftermath of deep coal-mining. Unnaturally high levels of manganese in still-draining mine-water stains rocks orange, and the erosion of cliff formations reveals materials from a colliery landfill. I record various places of memorial and colliery remains. Through ‘slow’ large format photography, and the photopolymer gravure, I create works in which time cannot be specified, where the process is elongated as much as possible, commenting on manual labour, materiality and the ritual of returning home to walk in the empty industrial lands where man once laid his hand.
Amanda Holdom
- Image by Amanda Holdom
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject Mom, at home in our garden. Birmingham (2020)
Prudence Bond
- Image by Prudence Bond
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject “We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors; We Borrow It from Our Children.” - Native American Proverb. These images are from my project entitled Finite. It looks at the human impact on the environment and the world we are creating. In response to the climate crisis I wanted to produce work that highlighted the impact of our 21st-century society. I visited Iceland to photograph the disappearing landscape and the glacier tongues of vatnajökull. Some of which will be completely gone in my lifetime. I wanted to document the beautiful and fragile glacier to keep a record of what once was, as well as show people the irreversible damage that is being done. Another impact to the earth is again our use of crude oil which takes its form as plastic. Polluting our oceans and suffocating marine life. I photographed plastic bags to create these deep-sea creatures to give a glimpse into the perhaps not so distant future where our pollution has now integrated into a living organism. I juxtaposed images of a world that is cracking and crumbling with a vision of what we are leaving for future generations.
Chloe Phillips
- Image by Chloe Phillips
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject Bracklesham Bay's beauty
Daniel Harvey Gonzalez
- Image by Daniel Harvey Gonzalez
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This is an image from Bellwether Town, a project I worked on about my hometown of Basildon in Essex and the kind of lifestyle my friends and I lived on the estate we grew up on. The work talks about stigma, identity, and its relationship with space and is very personal to me.
Chloe Phillips
- Image by Chloe Phillips
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject Inspired by Hendrik Kerstens- one day plastic bags will be a thing of the past and our children's eclectic heirlooms.
Josh Adam Jones
- Image by Josh Adam Jones
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject Grandad’s (broken) pocket watch. Time, on many occasions has triggered episodes of depression in my life; worrying about the uncertain future, dwelling on the distant past and therefore not existing in the present. I hadn’t realised that it was a year ago today since my grandfather passed away. His death came at a time when I was beginning to reconnect with my paternal family, which meant it was much more difficult to deal with and process. These photographs are part of a wider, ongoing series: Sometimes A Silence Will Cut Through Sounds, which responds to grief and a family history of mental health problems.
Prudence Bond
- Image by Prudence Bond
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject “We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors; We Borrow It from Our Children.” - Native American Proverb. These images are from my project entitled Finite. It looks at the human impact on the environment and the world we are creating. In response to the climate crisis, I wanted to produce work that highlighted the impact of our 21st-century society. I visited Iceland to photograph the disappearing landscape and the glacier tongues of vatnajökull. Some of which will be completely gone in my lifetime. I wanted to document the beautiful and fragile glacier to keep a record of what once was, as well as show people the irreversible damage that is being done. Another impact to the earth is again our use of crude oil which takes its form as plastic. Polluting our oceans and suffocating marine life. I photographed plastic bags to create these deep-sea creatures to give a glimpse into the perhaps not so distant future where our pollution has now integrated into a living organism. I juxtaposed images of a world that is cracking and crumbling with a vision of what we are leaving for future generations.
Kassia Chapman
- Image by Kassia Chapman
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject This image I took with my camera at home right before travelling to Rome in 2018. The cross is mine and the blurry picture baby me but the red Pompeii and underneath Naples postcard were my grandad's that he got from travelling with the navy and gave to me because I have a real passion for history (particularly English and Italian). I loved Rome and the city was beautiful but I really hope to go to Pompeii and Florence as my next stops!
Emily Thornhill
- Image by Emily Thornhill
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject The purpose and use of the megalithic sites we see remains of today have always been a mystery to us and look like they always will. This series titled 'Sacred Places' celebrates the different interpretations for their creation that have evolved over time through folklore, allegory, myth and legend in an attempt to understand their presence within the landscape. This photo depicts Chûn Quoit near Sr. Just in Cornwall. Meaning 'house on the downs' in Cornish, it sits on picturesque moorland overlooking the sea. It is thought to have been used for tribal rituals and religious ceremonies, as from its position the setting midwinter sun is framed perfectly by a rocky hill on the horizon called Carn Kenidjack, who's name means 'hooting cairn' and stems from the sound the wind makes when passing through it. A stone's throw away are the ruins of Chûn Castle, which is said to have been home to the giant Old Denbras the Hurler. The story goes that he was killed in a wrestling match by a local man named Tom. From his victory, Tom inherited the castle, but only on the condition that he buries the giant at his favourite seat (the quoit) on the hill looking out to sea.
Eli Johnathan
- Image by Eli Johnathan
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject These images are part of a wider project, entitled "Home". In it, I explore what the concept of family, community, and indeed heritage means to those in the LGBTQ+ Community. I've grown up only seeing myself and my fellow LGBT siblings portrayed only in upsetting and pessimistic imagery; black and white scenes of young people crying at the mirror, or stories of tragedy and hardships in the media. Whilst this is certainly an aspect of our reality, I am frustrated that our community isn't also shown for the vibrant, loving, accepting and supportive environment that it is. Many of us have found a real sense of family within this community, and prove that the idea of heritage and familial history isn't only defined by our blood relations, but also those who share a bond that goes beyond genetics. In short, the mission of Home is not to make a statement about the tragedies of queer lives, present as they may be. Instead, it seeks to portray individuals grounded in their reality – that is to say, one of friendship, of solidarity, of community and of hope. Most importantly, I hope to celebrate this beautiful community's family and heritage.
Lotti Terry
- Image by Lotti Terry
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This photo is part of a collection of photos taken on Newhaven’s castle hill in May when the White Hawthorne blossoms and it’s unctuous display entice the bees to come out and play. In many cultures the colour white denotes the element of light, the May season to me then is the season of ‘ascending light’. Like a burst of light across the hill for a few weeks. The sun is in fact reflected on the pearlescent surface of billions of mirror-like petals. I decided to use this opportunity in an area very near to my house to wander around and capture some of the magic that the Hawthorne brings to Castle Hill in the month of may and visit the ruins with my friend, who is the subject of these photographs.
Kate Schultze
- Image by Kate Schultze
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit happened and affected everyone's life, even though it wasn't always obvious.
Thomas Preston-Cook
- Image by Thomas Preston-Cook
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject My cat tried to escape.....So I caught her.
Emily Thornhill
- Image by Emily Thornhill
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject The purpose and use of the megalithic sites we see remains of today have always been a mystery to us and look like they always will. This series titled 'Sacred Places' celebrates the different interpretations for their creation that have evolved over time through folklore, allegory, myth and legend in an attempt to understand their presence within the landscape. This photo shows the Merry Maidens stone circle near Penzance in Cornwall. This circle is said to be all that is left of a group of local girls who were caught dancing on the Sabbath and petrified as punishment. The two musicians who played for them heard a nearby church clock striking midnight and began to run away but were also turned to stone. They now form the two standing stones found nearby, referred to as The Pipers. The 19 stones of the circle are thought to mirror the cycle of the moon due to them gradually diminishing in size from southwest to northeast.
Henri Compton
- Image by Henri Compton
- Theme Play
- Subject Silouhette of scooter trick.
jodie bateman
- Image by jodie bateman
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject My image is of me and my mother. It's my untold story of my family as part of a wider project which is ongoing. I am a convert to Islam and I feel this image truly shows the contrast of who we are, who I used to be and who I am now. I am the second oldest of 7 of us with 2 different dads, my mum always told me I was the "odd borne" the "black sheep of the family" and now I truly feel I do not quite fit in with them, my mum's dad is a Romany Gypsy so it was a shock to them all they don't fully understand me now but I feel they never did anyway.
Daisy Evans
- Image by Daisy Evans
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject I love this black and white edit as it highlights her greying face and lively eyes. I also think the use of a light coloured blanket as the backdrop works well as it doesn't distract from the subject. I took this image during the Photoworks workshop and I am proud of the result!
Jasmine Dawes
- Image by Jasmine Dawes
- Theme Play
- Subject This picture is trying to explain that playing is for all ages and you can come back to it at any time and have a flood of memories come back to you.
Maliya Farshori
- Image by Maliya Farshori
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
Chloe Phillips
- Image by Chloe Phillips
- Theme Household
- Subject Essentials in lockdown.
Daisy Evans
- Image by Daisy Evans
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject I took this during the first Photoworks workshop on heirlooms; this image includes objects that are important to my identity and that I think would make significant heirlooms to future generations. There is also a hint at my black lives matter poster in the reflection on the guitar which is another thing that needs to not be forgotten about.
Daniel Harvey Gonzalez
- Image by Daniel Harvey Gonzalez
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This is an image from Bellwether Town, a project I worked on about my hometown of Basildon in Essex and the kind of lifestyle my friends and I lived on the estate we grew up on. The work talks about stigma, identity, and its relationship with space and is very personal to me.
Maryam Wahid
- Image by Maryam Wahid
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This image is from the series, “Women from the Pakistani Diaspora”. It is a self-portrait composed in Birmingham that explores my mothers identity as an 18-year-old woman of Pakistani origin who emigrated to the United Kingdom. I have depicted these images by showcasing outfits that were worn by my mother over 35 years ago and by visiting the places that were significant to my mother’s life as a young migrant woman in Britain. The women from the Pakistani diaspora who relocated to the UK were very often the hardworking wives, daughters, mothers and grandmothers of individuals who had migrated from cities, towns and small villages in Pakistan. These individuals came to the UK to work in key industrial sectors and set up businesses that contributed towards the healthy economy of their new-found nation. Pakistani women provided a crucial envelopment of familiarity and comfort that gave their husbands, fathers, children and grandchildren a sense of their place of origin – making it a home away from home. My self-portrait collection seeks to recognise the existence and achievements of such Pakistani women and their role as the backbone of a community that transformed inner-city Britain. Today, British Pakistani women continue to revolutionise gender roles for other women through the determination, emotional support and encouragement of their female peer network.
Tom Arthur
- Image by Tom Arthur
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject This photo was taken on the 6th of September in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside.
Prudence Bond
- Image by Prudence Bond
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject “We Do Not Inherit the Earth from Our Ancestors; We Borrow It from Our Children.” - Native American Proverb. These images are from my project Entitled Finite. It looks at the human impact on the environment and the world we are creating. In response to the climate crisis I wanted to produce work that highlighted the impact of our 21st-century society. I visited Iceland to photograph the disappearing landscape and the glacier tongues of vatnajökull. Some of which will be completely gone in my lifetime. I wanted to document the beautiful and fragile glacier to keep a record of what once was, as well as show people the irreversible damage that is being done. Another impact to the earth is again our use of crude oil which takes its form as plastic. Polluting our oceans and suffocating marine life. I photographed plastic bags to create these deep-sea creatures to give a glimpse into the perhaps not so distant future where our pollution has now integrated into a living organism. I juxtaposed images of a world that is cracking and crumbling with a vision of what we are leaving for future generations.
Emily Thornhill
- Image by Emily Thornhill
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject The purpose and use of the megalithic sites we see remains of today have always been a mystery to us and look like they always will. This series titled 'Sacred Places' celebrates the different interpretations for their creation that have evolved over time through folklore, allegory, myth and legend in an attempt to understand their presence within the landscape. This image depicted Tregiffian Burial Chamber near Penzance, Cornwall. It is an entrance grave and was used as a funeral and ritual monument. Cremated bone and funerary urns have been found inside and one of the two portal slabs at its entrance is of special interest due to its face being covered in 25 carvings called cup marks. It is speculated that the 12/13 combination of circular and elongated marks is directly connected to the cycles of the moon, being that in any given year there are 13 full moons and 12 new moons.
Eli Johnathan
- Image by Eli Johnathan
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject These images are part of a wider project, entitled "Home". In it, I explore what the concept of family, community, and indeed heritage means to those in the LGBTQ+ Community. I've grown up only seeing myself and my fellow LGBT siblings portrayed only in upsetting and pessimistic imagery; black and white scenes of young people crying at the mirror, or stories of tragedy and hardships in the media. Whilst this is certainly an aspect of our reality, I am frustrated that our community isn't also shown for the vibrant, loving, accepting and supportive environment that it is. Many of us have found a real sense of family within this community, and prove that the idea of heritage and familial history isn't only defined by our blood relations, but also those who share a bond that goes beyond genetics. In short, the mission of Home is not to make a statement about the tragedies of queer lives, present as they may be. Instead, it seeks to portray individuals grounded in their reality – that is to say, one of friendship, of solidarity, of community and of hope. Most importantly, I hope to celebrate this beautiful community's family and heritage.
Kassia Chapman
- Image by Kassia Chapman
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject Taken at Rufford Abbey on the grounds of the site! I thought this little guy was so striking with the bright orange with the black contrast! Crazy how something so small can be created which so beautiful.
Millie Rose White
- Image by Millie Rose White
- Theme Play
- Subject I have chosen the theme of 'play'. This piece is based on our generation now, with their obsessive nature with technology and how sometimes they know more than the adults! I wanted to portray this theme through an outsider's perspective, looking at a child being engrossed in the life of social media.
Jaiming Kang
- Image by Jaiming Kang
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This piece is titled "Hate is a Virus". This piece is inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, and especially by the racism/xenophobia that East-Asian people received because of the virus. I wanted to showcase how hatred against any oppressed group, such as the LGBTQ+ community, the Black community, and the disabled community, is just like a virus. It's dangerous, harmful and can even kill people. Hatred just like a virus it spreads easily within our society, and it is our job to stop spreading the virus and stop misinformation, such as stigmas. Being Asian is part of my identity and heritage, and so I wanted to show that each of these oppressed groups all has their own Untold Heritage and story to tell.
Daisy Evans
- Image by Daisy Evans
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject I like this image because the mirror frames me and my dog yet her face is visible in the foreground which adds depth. I took this image during the Photoworks workshop and I am proud of the result!
shlok mehta
- Image by shlok mehta
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
jake carvin
- Image by jake carvin
- Theme Play
- Subject My images are about what I and my friends do for fun. We play but as adults. This comes with a few benefits like being able to drive and not having to ask for permission to leave the house. Therefore we take full advantage of our age! The photos I am sharing follow our day of exploring and riding. We walked, sat, talked and road all along the hilly cliffs of Compton, Isle of Wight.
Max Southern
- Image by Max Southern
- Theme Household
- Subject The image is part of an ongoing body of work exploring my Grandfathers relationship to his childhood home and the prospect of selling it after 70 years. In the image he is reading the post that has accumulated on the doorstep of the home after a period of it being empty. Most of the post is addressed to his late mother.
Maryam Wahid
- Image by Maryam Wahid
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This image is from the series, “Women from the Pakistani Diaspora”. It is a self-portrait composed in Birmingham that explores my mothers identity as an 18-year-old woman of Pakistani origin who emigrated to the United Kingdom. I have depicted these images by showcasing outfits that were worn by my mother over 35 years ago and by visiting the places that were significant to my mother’s life as a young migrant woman in Britain. The women from the Pakistani diaspora who relocated to the UK were very often the hardworking wives, daughters, mothers and grandmothers of individuals who had migrated from cities, towns and small villages in Pakistan. These individuals came to the UK to work in key industrial sectors and set up businesses that contributed towards the healthy economy of their new-found nation. Pakistani women provided a crucial envelopment of familiarity and comfort that gave their husbands, fathers, children and grandchildren a sense of their place of origin – making it a home away from home. My self-portrait collection seeks to recognise the existence and achievements of such Pakistani women and their role as the backbone of a community that transformed inner-city Britain. Today, British Pakistani women continue to revolutionise gender roles for other women through the determination, emotional support and encouragement of their female peer network.
Francesca Gnoato
- Image by Francesca Gnoato
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
Eesha Patel
- Image by Eesha Patel
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject I tried to be creative and slow down the shutter speed so when i moved my hand away it created a shadow like effect.
Alisha Dar
- Image by Alisha Dar
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject From my project 'The women who came before me' which explores the relationships I have held with the women in my family history. What is important about all of the women in my family is that either directly or indirectly, their words, actions and appearances have helped shape who I am. To illustrate this influence, I have archived and created mixed-media installations of family photos by pairing the images with fabrics (dupattas) hand-picked and worn by my mother.
shi yun
- Image by shi yun
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject These are my great-grandmother's jade bangles, where one is broken as she used it as a tool to hear where she was going as she is blind.
Lotti Terry
- Image by Lotti Terry
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This photo is part of a collection of photos taken on Newhaven’s castle hill in May when the White Hawthorne blossoms and it’s unctuous display entice the bees to come out and play. In many cultures the colour white denotes the element of light, the May season to me then is the season of ‘ascending light’. Like a burst of light across the hill for a few weeks. The sun is in fact reflected on the pearlescent surface of billions of mirror-like petals. I decided to use this opportunity in an area very near to my house to wander around and capture some of the magic that the Hawthorne brings to Castle Hill in the month of may and visit the ruins with my friend, who is the subject of these photographs.
Emily Thornhill
- Image by Emily Thornhill
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject The purpose and use of the megalithic sites we see remains of today have always been a mystery to us and look like they always will. This image is from a series titled 'Sacred Places', that celebrates the different interpretations for their creation that have evolved over time through folklore, allegory, myth and legend, in an attempt to explain their presence within the landscape. This photo depicts Lanyon Quoit near Madron in Cornwall. Legend has it that megalithic dolmens in Cornwall were created by Cornish giants, who threw the stones into position whilst playing a game of quoits. It is said that King Arthur ate a meal before his last battle, the Battle of Camlann, on top of these stones and that the bones of a giant were found inside the tomb.
Alejandro Subiotto Marques
- Image by Alejandro Subiotto Marques
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This photo is called 'Plus Ultra', an inversion of the usual phrase which has been used on the Spanish flag for hundreds of years. This phrase is located just under the stable columns on the flag. However, the column in this photo seems to have been decapitated. I am British, but with Spanish roots. When I think about what connects the two countries that I am from, I always think about imperial histories, and how both Spain and England have possibly the most extensive histories of empire in the whole of Europe. Another common point that brings these two countries together is that they both are struggling to acknowledge the legacy of these histories and how they inform their future. Instead of 'Non Plus Ultra'–meaning that there is nothing beyond–I want to suggest through this photo that there has always been and will always be something beyond. But to move beyond, European countries need to examine all aspects of their heritage.
Josh Adam Jones
- Image by Josh Adam Jones
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject Grandad’s (broken) pocket watch. Time, on many occasions has triggered episodes of depression in my life; worrying about the uncertain future, dwelling on the distant past and therefore not existing in the present. I hadn’t realised that it was a year ago today since my grandfather passed away. His death came at a time when I was beginning to reconnect with my paternal family, which meant it was much more difficult to deal with and process. These photographs are part of a wider, ongoing series: Sometimes A Silence Will Cut Through Sounds, which responds to grief and a family history of mental health problems.
Eesha Patel
- Image by Eesha Patel
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
John Gurung
- Image by John Gurung
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
Amber Brown
- Image by Amber Brown
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject ‘It must be somewhere here’ is a year-long survey of the Northern deep coal-mining landscape. As the granddaughter of two miners, it acts as both a geographical study and inquiry into ancestry. A departure to colour depicts former colliery sites which have been visually affected by the chemical aftermath of deep coal-mining. Unnaturally high levels of manganese in still-draining mine-water stains rocks orange, and the erosion of cliff formations reveals materials from a colliery landfill. I record various places of memorial and colliery remains. Through ‘slow’ large format photography, and the photopolymer gravure, I create works in which time cannot be specified, where the process is elongated as much as possible, commenting on manual labour, materiality and the ritual of returning home to walk in the empty industrial lands where man once laid his hand.
Alfie
- Image by Alfie
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject This photo is of my cat called Seb sitting on a small chair meant for humans but he has decided to take his place on the chair.
Lotti Terry
- Image by Lotti Terry
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
Rhys Barnes
- Image by Rhys Barnes
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject Taken at the beach, I had a very low point of view on a sunny day. I really like how you have Eastbourne pier in the background!
Kassia Chapman
- Image by Kassia Chapman
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject Kenilworth castle!! Taken by me age 15
Bethany Hobbs
- Image by Bethany Hobbs
- Theme Heirlooms
- Subject This image comes from a larger body of work that explores my family's Jewish heritage. The necklace in the photograph belonged to my Great Grandmother (Elly). On the chain, there are two pendants and one ring. The heart pendant is from her parent's wedding. At the end of a Jewish wedding, it is tradition to break a glass or piece of china, to represent the fragility of life and the destruction of the temples. The china in the centre of the heart is from their breaking of the glass, on the return side has their wedding date and names. The circular pendant was a gift for her Bat Mitzvah, on the reverse it says "03.XII.1924 von Deinen Eltern" which translates to 03.XII.1924 from your elders/parents. This became the title of the work. The ring is from her second marriage (once she had arrived in the UK) to the 'presumed' father of my grandfather-- another discovery which led to more questions! The choice to photograph the necklace on a hand mannequin comes from a story Elly told my grandmother about a close encounter she had with the Gestapo before she fled Vienna leaving her parents behind, never to see them again.
Charlie Lawton-Lay
- Image by Charlie Lawton-Lay
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
Maryam Rana
- Image by Maryam Rana
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject My grandmother and I remembering a war hero, my great-grandfather who served in Burma during World War II with the Pakistani army.
Kate Schultze
- Image by Kate Schultze
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject Even during the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit happened and affected everyone's life, even though it wasn't always obvious.
Daisy Evans
- Image by Daisy Evans
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject I love photographing my staffy, her brindle fur and greying face add texture to the image and even though she's a dog she still has a clear expression on her face. I took this image during the Photoworks workshop and I am proud of the result despite her not wanting to sit still!
Chloe Phillips
- Image by Chloe Phillips
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject The beauty of Green Ridge and the importance to protect it.
Francesca Gnoato
- Image by Francesca Gnoato
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
jake carvin
- Image by jake carvin
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
jake carvin
- Image by jake carvin
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
Agathe Danzin
- Image by Agathe Danzin
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject Before the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, we would communicate through face-to-face interaction, expressions, learning, working e.t.c. There was also the use of social media, but not very often, for most people. During the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, we couldn't communicate face-to-face as we were locked in, we couldn't use expressions, as we were wearing masks, we couldn't interact as we had to stay 2 meters away from each other. Social media and online meetings started taking up a bigger part of our lives. Yet, these relationships were not what they had been before. After the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, how will we communicate? Will masks stay forever? What about social distancing? We are unsure of the future, we are even confused about what has just happened. Has it even finished yet? How will our relationships resume with one another? How will they form and develop in this ever-changing and modernising world? Will we ever pause to look back at the past? Will we only ever think about developing, economically and technologically? What about those unplanned lunches with acquaintances met by chance or shared coffees with a homeless chap - will those things become history? I have put these ideas together in a simple but striking image.
Eli Johnathan
- Image by Eli Johnathan
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject These images are part of a wider project, entitled "Home". In it, I explore what the concept of family, community, and indeed heritage means to those in the LGBTQ+ Community. I've grown up only seeing myself and my fellow LGBT siblings portrayed only in upsetting and pessimistic imagery; black and white scenes of young people crying at the mirror, or stories of tragedy and hardships in the media. Whilst this is certainly an aspect of our reality, I am frustrated that our community isn't also shown for the vibrant, loving, accepting and supportive environment that it is. Many of us have found a real sense of family within this community, and prove that the idea of heritage and familial history isn't only defined by our blood relations, but also those who share a bond that goes beyond genetics. In short, the mission of Home is not to make a statement about the tragedies of queer lives, present as they may be. Instead, it seeks to portray individuals grounded in their reality – that is to say, one of friendship, of solidarity, of community and of hope. Most importantly, I hope to celebrate this beautiful community's family and heritage.
Rohan Delamere
- Image by Rohan Delamere
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This is my sister, who when she was little used to say she was ‘half-Liverpool, half-India‘ about her heritage. Although we live in London, my Dad’s Liverpool heritage is important to us. We go back to visit my Nana and enjoy being by the water and looking at the sunset.
Kassia Chapman
- Image by Kassia Chapman
- Theme Play
- Subject I took this of my dog buster playing with his favourite ball! The mirror I actually bought from an antique store in Bolsover when visiting the castle.
Nguti Wycliff
- Image by Nguti Wycliff
- Theme Household
- Subject Everyone has a story. And disability is not inability. With the right people by your side, everything is possible. The picture is of a grandmother and her granddaughter. Helping the grandmother to fetch firewood.
Jasmine Dawes
- Image by Jasmine Dawes
- Theme Household
- Subject In this photograph, I tried to show who my mum was by giving hints that she is a hairdresser and that she has a bright personality.
Charles Williams
- Image by Charles Williams
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject This is a photograph of my father that is White and my grandmother that is Black. My brother is the bridge that connects both family members together. Even though they're sitting next to each other there is still separation and my brother is what holds them together as one.
shi yun
- Image by shi yun
- Theme Household
- Subject Growing up in a Buddhist household, I am surrounded by many religious talisman, amulets, statue and paintings. One of my favourite embroidered pieces is the Yellow Jambhala. As he feels like a father figure to me, giving our family protection, constantly being there for us day and night.
Chloe Phillips
- Image by Chloe Phillips
- Theme Untold Heritage - general response
- Subject Found on Covid 30 min limited walk
Martín Del Busto
- Image by Martín Del Busto
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject This project is a photographic series called "White". In this image we can see a girl with white skin, white dress and white hair with a white horse. The photos have a kitsch quality to them
Eesha Patel
- Image by Eesha Patel
- Theme Pets/Animals
- Subject A bee photo that I took a couple of weeks ago. Bees link to heritage as they are part of endangered animals and they could become extinct.