A new photography exhibition in the corridors of the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital challenges its viewers to think differently about ageing.
The ‘Growing Old Competitively' exhibition by Alex Rotas features a series of photos of athletes in their 60s, 70s, 80s and even 90s who still compete in international sporting events.
The exhibition has been organised by Exeter Health Care Arts, an ‘arts for health’ initiative designed to deliver a range of activities to improve the hospital environment, for patients, visitors and for staff. This inspirational exhibition fits into a...
All the images in this exhibition have been taken within cities and towns. They are contemporary records of urban life, but they are also testament to mankind’s ingenuity in adapting to new and challenging environments. These photographs capture the challenges we face on a daily basis, as well as the lifestyle choices and aesthetic stimulation arising from high population density and cultural diversity. Each of our photographers has emphasised beautiful elements to capture and hold our attention, particularly when the subject...
Visitors to the Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre, Princetown can see a stunning new exhibtion by photographers Adrian Oakes and Anna Curnow.
The exhibition contains images of Dartmoor's prehistoirc heritage including burials, stone circles, stone rows, settlements and standing stones.
These relics of our ancient ancestors can be found in such numbers on the moor that the National Park is considered one of the most important areas in western Europe for prehistoric archaeology.
The wonderful images in this exhibition capture some of the best of these locations...
Today is the 10th anniversary of the popular local website, Exeter Memories. Conceived by David Cornforth, who had the idea that a website that accumulated memories of Exeter through the preceding decades, would be of interest for many, and would also become an important social record of Exeter through the last 100 years.
The first memory on the site was from John Moon, who started his memory with “I was one of hundreds of American Sailors shipped in to Exeter serve at the U.S. NAVAL SUPPLY Base, code named JOWL-93. My group arrived in September 1943 and were billeted for a short...
Caroline Wetton, from Coventry, is appealing for help in locating the rightful owner of over 1,000 photographs believed to belong to someone in Devon.
Caroline was given a bagfull of photographs after they had been found in an old cupboard. Rather than dispose of the photographs she believes they should be returned to their rightful owner.
The photographs date from the early 1900s, through the First World War and to about 1993.
Caroline is so passionate about finding the rightful owner to these historic photographs that she has even begun researching their history...
Tom Salt is a local up and coming photographer. At present he lives in Lympstone, having spent his formative years on Dartmoor.
Tom’s passion for photography stems from the beauty of his surroundings living in Devon.
“I believe that photography is all about trying to show the beauty in the world that so many people take for granted, I take what I see, I want people to realise that whatever, is around them has beauty," he said. "I am not really inspired by anybody in particular, however I admire the work of, James Revilious, Jill Fermanovski, Chris Packham, and Dezzo Hoffman...
Exeter city centre residents are needed for an ambitious art project that will result in a video installation at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM) this summer and provide inspiration for performances around the city later in the year.
In a project called This City’s Centre, the Devon-based art collective Blind Ditch, will explore some of the many different points of view offered by the homes, streets and vistas of central Exeter. The result will be a contemporary portrait of an English rural city that explores the tensions between public, private and privatised public spaces...
The Tannery: Contemporary Photographs Of An Ancient Tradition
A new exhibition of photographs at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum will appeal to Devonians, photographers, social historians and craftsmen and women alike.
The Tannery: Photos by Paul Glendell captures life and work at Hamlyn’s tannery in Colyton where the ancient industry of tanning leather using oak bark has been carried out for hundreds of years. The firm of J and FJ Baker and Sons Ltd, who now run the tannery, are the only company in Britain that still makes leather in this way. The work is hard,...
A bitter-sweet physical comedy for everyone who is a day older than yesterday!
Two elderly Spanish sisters in a foreign land live against the backdrop of a battered rug and a mountain of mysterious boxes. They share the intimacy of a life lived together – careering between genuine affection and irritated annoyance.
The pair shifts between hilarious defamation, tender reminiscing and pure madness. But amidst an ever-changing reality, is this behaviour just eccentricity or something more destructive?
‘You and Me’ is a touching story with sparkling dialogue and witty...
