This gallery presents an example of the documentary photography projects about Peacehaven. Starting with the first image I took in Peacehaven this gallery traces some of the key visual elements and plots key moments in the projects progression. Included are shots from the final installations and an interview (coming soon) with Peacehaven’s pub landlord from the Dewdrop Inn. Peacehaven in III Parts is a documentary photographic installation tracing the past and present of post WWI suburban seaside town Peacehaven. Presented as a 1930’s Peacehaven bungalow living room, collections of Peacehaven archive materials and objects are merged with contemporary photo books and portraits of today’s residents to create a fascinating and unique case study of the town.
You can view some of the separate elements from the Peacehaven documentary photography installation project via these links. There are two photo-books. Passing Through contains Peacehaven archive photographs and Home is Where the Heart is presents reportage, landscape and portraits of today’s Peacehaven residents. See some of this work here; Peacehaven Portraits and Peacehaven Shows.Although the foundations for this project are firmly rooted in the documentary genre, one of its aims is to reconsider how any document is being used within the project’s narrative. As such, all images, whether they are archive reprints, photocopies or photographs are placed alongside each other in a non‐hierarchical fashion. Of particular interest is where one person’s representation of a subject stops and where anothers starts and how this alters over time. Using chosen genres of documentary photography combined and juxtaposed with other mediums such as transcribed audio interviews and archive materials allows multiple narrative voices to exist at any one time to present a social documentary, which transcends linear time. In this re‐presentation of Peacehaven and it’s people the audiences’ journey maps that which was taken by the photographer as each element of Peacehaven is revealed and unearthed to those with the curiosity to delve deeper…
This marks the start of where my project began
Early Peacehaven town map
Aerial view of Peacehaven 1930’s, spread from Passing Through
Early marketing campaigns for Peacehaven, spread form Passing Through
spread from Passing Through
Research file
Cheryl Gallaway-a Peacehavener I met who went on to design my website and appear in the project
Back cover of Passing Through
Take away boxes. I went in here to shelter from the rain and ended up interviewing and photographing the owner
Arthur Mitchell, without him there have been no project. Him and wife Reigna invited me into their home to talk about the past and Peacehaven countless times
Ian Buchanan, former town Mayor
At the summer fete
Tombola at the summer fete. Became the inspiration for my fund raising night to raise money for the project
Spread from Home is where the heart is
Postcard and poster flyer for the installations
Press article, Sussex Leader
Postcard from the exhibition
At the Brighton Co-op building installation
Opening night at the Dewdrop Inn, Peacehaven. From left, Chris Ogden, Mayor, Amelia Shepherd, Jerry Dudeney, landlord, Jon Borthwick, town crier
Andy. Portrait in the Dewdrop Inn installation
Jerry Dudeney, landlord, Dewdrop Inn, Peacehaven. A video interview will be here soon
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You can view some of the separate elements from the Peacehaven documentary photography installation project via these links. There are two photo-books. Passing Through contains Peacehaven archive photographs and Home is Where the Heart is presents reportage, landscape and portraits of today’s Peacehaven residents. See some of this work here; Peacehaven Portraits and Peacehaven Shows.Although the foundations for this project are firmly rooted in the documentary genre, one of its aims is to reconsider how any document is being used within the project’s narrative. As such, all images, whether they are archive reprints, photocopies or photographs are placed alongside each other in a non‐hierarchical fashion. Of particular interest is where one person’s representation of a subject stops and where anothers starts and how this alters over time. Using chosen genres of documentary photography combined and juxtaposed with other mediums such as transcribed audio interviews and archive materials allows multiple narrative voices to exist at any one time to present a social documentary, which transcends linear time. In this re‐presentation of Peacehaven and it’s people the audiences’ journey maps that which was taken by the photographer as each element of Peacehaven is revealed and unearthed to those with the curiosity to delve deeper…
This marks the start of where my project began
Early Peacehaven town map
Aerial view of Peacehaven 1930’s, spread from Passing Through
Early marketing campaigns for Peacehaven, spread form Passing Through
spread from Passing Through
Research file
Cheryl Gallaway-a Peacehavener I met who went on to design my website and appear in the project
Back cover of Passing Through
Take away boxes. I went in here to shelter from the rain and ended up interviewing and photographing the owner
Arthur Mitchell, without him there have been no project. Him and wife Reigna invited me into their home to talk about the past and Peacehaven countless times
Ian Buchanan, former town Mayor
At the summer fete
Tombola at the summer fete. Became the inspiration for my fund raising night to raise money for the project
Spread from Home is where the heart is
Postcard and poster flyer for the installations
Press article, Sussex Leader
Postcard from the exhibition
At the Brighton Co-op building installation
Opening night at the Dewdrop Inn, Peacehaven. From left, Chris Ogden, Mayor, Amelia Shepherd, Jerry Dudeney, landlord, Jon Borthwick, town crier
Andy. Portrait in the Dewdrop Inn installation
Jerry Dudeney, landlord, Dewdrop Inn, Peacehaven. A video interview will be here soon
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