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ARL’s involvement with the Newlyn Gallery will allow for the interaction of members of the contemporary fishing community with a project that documents rural life now. The intention will be realised through discussion about the work within the gallery and the physical engagement of working with photographs (editing, sequencing and binding) which will then be taken back into the Newlyn community.
Ideally we would like to have representatives from three distinct, but related groups:
- Retired fishermen and/or wives of retired fishermen
- Those involved in the contemporary fishing industry
- Women from the local Newlyn community (perhaps wives of working fishermen)
Colin Robins, Oliver Udy
The project has involved working in partnership with, amongst others, the Cornish Studies Archive, Arts Council England, SARKA (the Finnish National Museum of Rural Life), Plymouth University, the Institute of Contemporary Photography, Milan and the University of Life Sciences in Warsaw.
