"The Rag & Bone Man"
"Eli's Triangle"
"Demolition Site"
"Urban Playground"
"The Chimney Sweep's Wife"
rebbonk wrote:Lovely old atmospheric pictures.
rebbonk wrote:Are the latter two dated?
Photographic exhibition to show changing face of Hillfields
Elderly couple chat on the corner of Brook Street and (I think?) Berry Street
Three local photographers are creating an exhibition documenting the development of post-war Hillfields.
Jason Tilley, John Blakemore and Richard Sadler are working together on a Warwick University community research project called Imagine.
All three photographers have close ties with the Hillfields area, which was considered to be Coventry’s first suburb.
Jason, who works at Coventry University, will be compiling a body of work which will act as a response to still life photographer John Blakemore’s work in Hillfields in the 1960s.
Jason spoke to the Telegraph about the history of the area and why the project was important to help plan the future of Hillfields.
He said: “It was the first post-war development in the country. It’s a transient community.
“There are various populations that live in Hillfields, from Irish to Caribbean, to Iraqis and Kurds.
“Hillfields is almost the gateway to Coventry.”
The photographers and researchers on the project are now making a call to see if anyone has old photos of Hillfields that they could use.
He said: “We’re looking at a change in the population.
“We realised that there are others who have incredible archives that we could use and look at as part of the research project. It would be great if people had photographs from even 100 years ago.”
He added: “We would be particularly interested in seeing photographs showing Coventry’s Caribbean community in Hillfields.”
The exhibition will be featured at The Box in Fargo Village, Far Gosford Street, from August 8.
For more details visit imaginehillfields.org
If anyone has any photos of Hillfields they wish to share with the project, they are asked to email Ben Kyneswood at b.p.kyneswood@warwick.ac.uk
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