People and Places: Images of Fakenham
Revisiting a very rewarding portrait project from 2019, and wondering if I should do something similar again.
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I’ve been reviewing, revising and slimming down my website1 over the last little while. The objective has been to make it much less ‘commercial’ in focus and much more the website of a photographer who concentrates (as I now do) on long-term, self initiated documentary and art projects alongside photography for the voluntary, charity and social enterprise sector.
As part of that process, I have been looking again at a number of the projects that I have undertaken over the last few years. One that caught my attention again, and which I thought I’d share with you this week, was a project entitled People & Places - Images of Fakenham, from 2019.
People & Places
This project came about as a collaboration with local voluntary organisation Active Fakenham.2
Active Fakenham wanted to highlight some of the people and spaces that made Fakenham3 the place it was and we came up with the idea of photographing a variety of people around town in places that meant something to them. That might be their place of work, a place of leisure, maybe their home - somewhere and in some way that was meaningful for them and spoke a little about the town.
The photos were made over two or three months and then printed up and exhibited around the town as a free exhibition in the windows of participating shops and venues.
What made this project particularly enjoyable for me was the fact that I was both making work in my home town and that I was making portraits. These are two things that tick a lot of boxes for me.
I hope you enjoy looking through the photographs.
The Photographs
Overall, People and Places was a highly rewarding piece of work and it’s been a real pleasure thinking about it again. I’d certainly do something similar in the future if the opportunity arose.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope, as always, you have enjoyed the work. Any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I’d love to hear from you.
Until next week, take care and God bless,
Keith
Active Fakenham is a small voluntary group that works with local clubs, organisations and businesses to initiate, organise and promote activities that enrich the health and wellbeing of Fakenham’s residents and visitors
Fakenham is a traditional Norfolk market town of around 8,500 people (2021 Census) situated on the River Wensum, about ten miles inland from the North Norfolk coast. Friendly and unpretentious, it’s a great location and I’m fortunate to live on it’s edge in an adjacent village. It’s been home to me for the last twenty years.