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Wednesday, May 20, 2015

Women in the City - Liverpool Photography Festival

Women in the City

As part of the Liverpool Photography Festival 15 - 31st May 2015 to celebrate the visit of three famous Queens: Mary II, Queen Elizabeth and Queen Victoria,  There was a call for photographers to submit their images celebrating Women in the City, to showcase in our online gallery. From female photographers, to images of the women we admire;shots of majestic liners and Grandmothers entertaining the young, let your imagination run wild, capture and share your moments in Liverpool.

I submitted two photographs from my maternal Grandfathers photograph archive. William Turner had a Tattooing and Photographic studio on Lime Street in the early 1900's. He was well connected with the circus and music hall folk...

The photographs are on an outdoor display in Thomas Steers Way in the Liverpool One shopping mall. The upper one is of my great grandmother preparing Sunday dinner in the backyard. The other is of Annie Jones the bearded woman. A famous member of the Barnum and Bailey Circus. 




Photographs by Johnny Parker






Making a Whole Room Camera Obscura - BBC Video


Photographer Abelardo Morell (http://www.abelardomorell.net) turns the room of Venetian palace into a gigantic camera using the ancient technology of the Camera Obscura, as featured in the new BBC series 'The Genius of Photography'.

Creating a Room Camera Obscura is part of my PhD Art Practice.