Tuesday, 23 February 2016

visiting Plumbtree hall

bright and early this morning, me and Will (3rd year photography student) got the train to the lake district to visit Plumbtree hall retirement independent living apartments in Milnthrope/Haversham to speak to the elderly residence of the house.

As i  am already collaborating with Will for his FMP (Documenting bradford) he returned the favour and offered to collaborate with me for mine by photographing the elderly people i interview and surrounding areas. 
i have worked with Will a couple of times now, our work compliments each other well as we both aim to capture elements of everyday life that may get ignored- such as people in their everyday environments. 

on arrival to Plumbtree hall there was a lot fewer residence then i expected - 6 but only 4 came to talk. however i was optimistic this would be better as it could work out as a informal chat and i would potentially have a more in-depth conversation with whoever wanted to speak to me. 

as it was a group discussion i recorded it on my phone and later listened back and made notes on each person who told me certain stories about their past. 


only 2 people really spoke, john who i have met with before and Joseph.
unfortunately Joseph didn't want a photograph or to be part of my project as he didn't like his photo being taken. this was quite annoying as i spent alot of time speaking to Joseph and although it was interesting, i could of spend the time finding more about john or another resident who was willing be get involved. 

a few pictures of john and Plumbtree hall 


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