As part of our ACE funding we are proud to work in partnership again with the brilliant Professor Gil Pasternak from De Montfort University in Leicester and Dudley College Yr 2 students. BCVA is working with the photography students regarding family photographs, archive and collections with the Dudley College students. Vernacular photography is not a subject taught during the two years of the students course and with many looking to go and study further than the college this year, we initiated a project for the year 2 students to be able to work collectively gathering family images and taking portraits as well as recording their oral histories. The students received world class teaching by Professor Gil who is a an authority on the subject and in our opinion the best in the land. The work made by students will be printed as a book at the end of the project.
Professor Gil Pasternak start to teach about family Photography in accordance with BCVA’s work with Dudley College students. IMAGE ©BCVA (An Arts Council Funded project)
Students work in small groups and discuss the stories behind the images with their own family images following a when ,where , who what format for discovery on family history. IMAGE ©BCVA (An Arts Council Funded project)
Students feedback further into a second workshop with Gil Pasternak after work on recreating images for the present day based on their family images from the past. IMAGE ©BCVA (An Arts Council Funded project)