Tuesday 30 June 2009

Community Photography Exhibition 'Beyond The Crossroads'

You are invited to Red Gate galleries Courtyard (209a Coldharbour lane) for a local photography exhibition looking at local people and business.



Tuesday the 14th July 2009

7pm - 10pm (free drinks)

Street Photography Tips

-Be clear on why your taking the photographs.
- Have a solid outline and pitch to help sell your idea.
-Know where the picture will end up. (Get a relevant charity, gallery or publisher behind your project.)
- Use some business cards or flyer for your project. (You can show this to people you want to photograph.)
- In detail research the area you want to work in. (Look at the local industry, current politics and history. Even print some stuff of to help engage people in discussions.
- Don’t always rush, spend the time talking with people.
-Don’t let someone put you off when they say NO. Keep going as 9 out of 10 times the next person will say yes.

Be aware when making artwork based from real peoples lives and ideas. Be responsible and loyal to the truth you see and experience. Explain clearly how you’re going to be representing the people your portraying. Inaccurately or irresponsibly publishing people’s information can endanger people’s lives.

Don’t be a bad Journalist, be a good Community Artist. Be responsible when representing somebody else.

Do newcomers get involved enough in local community issues?

See what the Independent newspaper has to say about gentrification from middle class settlers in Loughborough Junction .

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/middleclass-settlers-fail-to-join-community-spirit-747685.html#

What does the internet think of Loughborough Junction?

Check out what wikipedia has to say about Loughborough Junction.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loughborough_Junction

HISTORY from urban75.org - Then and Now













1905 Coldharbour Lane, looking west past the junction with Loughborough Road. To the right you can see Brown and Son, hosiers at No.228, offering 'Special Value in White Shirts', witch are Knocking out at 3/6 each or 10 bob (50p) for three.












March 2006 Sad to say, but Loughborough Junction remains a miserable, run down area in 2006. The Warrior (aka The Junction) closed in 2003 with much of the building being converted to - you've guessed it - flats (see: lost pubs of Brixton at www.Urban75.org)












1905 Loughborough Road, looking north, beyon the corner of Barrington Road. Just visible to the left can be seen the 'Hero of Switzerland' public house sign. (I'm not quite sure what connection William Tell has with Brixton)












April 2003 A century later and the scene has changed out of all recognition. The entire area was demolished and rebuilt as the loughbrough Estate, designed by London County Council in the 1950's. The pub also rebuild, but the sign remains!

urban75.org - Then and Now












1921 This view was taken looking past the Green man public house, on the corner of Coldharbour lane and Hinton Road. At this time, Loughborough Junction was a bustling shopping area, with shops surrounding all sides of the crossroads. Note Bryant booksellers to the right of the pub, with rees The Chemists (opposite) trying to entice photographers with their large draped banner, 'rees for Kodaks'.











July 2003 A truly desolate scene greets the viewer eighty years on. The Green Man pub has been boarded up, retail buildings demolished and most of the shops are closed.












1930 Another view of loughborough Junction, with Loughborough Road intersecting Coldharbour Lane to the left. Note the sempahore railway signal on the overhead railway bridge and sidecar motorcyclist. The white-painted buildings to the right of the railway is a branch of Midland Bank.












July 2003 A huge chunk of the corner buildings has vanished leaving the old bank building isolated. The postbox (to the left) is one of the few constant remaining in this scene.

urban75.org - Then and Now













1936 The white capped motorman of the service 34 tram in the foreground waits for the service 48 tram to turn off Coldharbour Lane and climb up Herne Hill Road. Note the line of shops further down the street.












April 2003 Nearly 70 years on and the scene looks much the same, albeit now cursed with an endless rumble of traffic and the usual crap graffiti.

urban75.org - Then and Now











1900 A trafic-free scene from the turn of the century. Above the building to the right can be seen the name, 'David Greig', a local lad who opened his first shop in Atlantic Road in 1888 (when he was just 23). he went on to create one of the biggest grocery chains in the country.











1950 A number 34 tram trundles along Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction, ominously followed by a RT bus, which would replace the tram service later that year.












April 2003 Inner city problems like drugs dealing and street violence have contributed to the area's dramatic decline in recent years. By 2003, both pubs in the area (the 'Green Man' and the 'Junction', pictures here) had been closed down and several shops boarded up.

Wednesday 24 June 2009


Photography Exhibition
Tuesday the 14th July 2009 from 1-pm -9pm

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