Extracts from Interview transcripts

Interview 1, Tuesday 9th November @ 1.07pm

With Richard and Sylvia, outside Home Bargains.

So how big a part did Crosby have in your childhood and teenage years?

Richard: Massive

Really?

Sylvia: Yeah because we were the sixties babes weren’t we, the entertainment and everything was here, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Hurricanes, it was here, you never had to go into Liverpool.

Is there anything that springs to mind, that’s a really nice memory that you have when you walk through the village?

Sylvia: They’re all nice memories really aren’t they?

Richard: Yeah

Sylvia: They’re all nice memories, when you think back to when you were a teenager, you used to walk in the village and see all your friends.

Interviews...

If you would like to be involved in sharing your individual or group memories about Crosby village then contact me on rach_radford@hotmail.com

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Black & White?

The following images are black & white versions of some of my favorite images from the past 3 shoots, as much as i like the colour versions (because they are a reflection of reality), i think the monochrome versions add a more documentary/archival feel. In a photographic archive, like the one in Crosby library, the photographs used are usually black & white or are photocopied, therefore being presented to the public in black & white.

When i finally structure a selection of the images and supporting text into small hand made books, the images will be printed in black and white (to keep costs down) so i think it is important to edit and see them in monochrome at this stage of the project. However, when i eventually donate the images to the library, i will submit them in colour, as they will then photocopy and file them away for future reference.

Shoot 6

I shot these photographs around sunrise on Wednesday 3rd November, between 7.15am and 7.35am. This was the last shoot for this project and i am really happy with the images i have, i think that they are edited in the right way and show a quiet, grey representation of the village, ready to be accompanied by memories and stories from the people who populate it.

Shoot 5

The images below where all taken at between 7.15 am and 8.15 am on Tuesday 2nd November, this was to ensure that the majority of shops would be closed and also to get a similar quality of light as i got from shooting at sunset. I really enjoyed shooting at this time of the morning because it created a sense of the village being deserted and quiet, which is the feeling i am after. When editing the images, i started to think about why it is that i want the village to be portrayed in this way, and i came to the conclusion that, when walking through the village on a daily basis we don't give the amount of attention that the buildings and spaces really deserve. I haven't looked up and really noticed how beautiful some of the buildings are, especially at the time of day i have been shooting.

As i said in my last post, i am recording the bare shell of the village without its people, i am then going to conduct informal interviews and hopefully fill the village full of their invisible yet potent and traceable memories.

Shoot 4

This shoot is a continuation of the last one, i shot at the same time of day and with the same aim, to capture the village without the distraction of people or traffic. Although, parked cars are slightly more difficult to avoid than people so exceptions have been made...

My next shoot will be a continuation of this one, but i will be photographing the village at sunrise rather than sunset, this is to get a similar quality of light and also to catch the village without the distraction of people or traffic.

Shoot 3

On Tuesday 26th October, i walked around the village with my camera and tried to create photographs that showed the village to be abandoned, very quiet and grey. This was harder than expected because of the amount of people and traffic, but i do think i managed to do it. The images below document the 'shell' of the village, because without the people in it, that is all it is. These will images will act as a contrast to the individual memories i will collect while undergoing informal interviews.