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// Edition 014. New York and North Wales
Photos from a return from New York, an exhibit in North Wales, and endnotes.
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Return to New York
After three years away due to the pandemic we finally returned to New York this summer to visit family and friends. Whilst going through the images from that trip, making my picks and editing, some clear themes emerged, which perhaps echo my feelings about the places we visited. For instance I was less excited about being in Manhattan than I thought I would be. I found it surreal, isolating and quite lonely. Granted New York is always quieter in the summer as people leave on vacation or head to their lake and beach houses, but it felt like COVID has left an indelible mark on the city. Let me know if there’s images here any that catch your eye and if there’s interest I’ll make them available in my print shop.
// News
The Singing Hills at Camp Good Life
I’m really happy to share that my ongoing project about people of North Wales heritage in Central New York state and on the border with Vermont will be exhibited at Camp Good Life this September, 16-18th. If you are into camping, outdoor activities, music and literature it looks like a great event.
I’m now engaged in making the prints for this exhibition, the first test of which you can see coming off the printer above. I’m using Hahnemühle’s Natural Line papers for this as I work to find more sustainable options for producing my prints. On Sunday 18th I’ll have prints available at pop-up shop between 11am - 1pm.
During our trip to New York I was able to take time to do more work on the USA portion of this project for the first time in three years. It was great to be back in the Slate Valley on the border between New York and Vermont and over in the rolling hills and farmland of Central New York’s Oneida and Herkimer counties.
I met up with friends I’ve made along the way as well as some new people interested in being part of the project. The warmth of the hospitality was incredible. I am very grateful to everyone who graciously allowed me to stay with them or made time for me.
I have plenty more images and notes to go through now, which will take a little time. Bear with me though, and as I work through them I’ll post more detailed updates to the specific newsletter for this project, so do please sign up here if you are interested.
// Endnotes
Unknowingly walking in the footsteps of Gordon Parks. Andre Wagner shares his experience while on assignment for in the NYTimes
At the start of August I read about Flock together: the UK’s first birdwatching collective for people of colour. When out in nature I often think about who really has access to the great outdoors, who gets to enjoy it and why. Both Anita Sethi and Jini Reddy have written about their experiences in the UK, as has Latria Graham in the US.
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Take care,
Ed
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About me:
I am a photographer and writer available for commissions based near Farnham, Surrey, in south east England, just 45 minutes from London. I also regularly work in North Wales.
My more recent work explores personal connections to place, the land and natural environment, how each of those, and the connections between them, are changing.
In 2017 my ongoing project on people of North Welsh heritage in the northeast US was exhibited at Northern Eye Festival. I was subsequently awarded a commission from the Welsh Parliament in 2019 to make new work for exhibition around Wales in 2019-20.
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