Every collective is, and should be, a pilot group with unbounded options and totally original material to unearth and transpose into visual language.

We lean into lived experience and its myriad of influences by continually expanding the collective’s cultural vision through exposure to, and analysis of work that belongs to them. We create, look, talk, share and move forward, And through this camera work, we find our creative autonomy and distinctive vision.

Our broad intentions include the discovery and connection of our creative and visual self through this symbiotic synergy of the creative act and lived experience. The Camera Work’s aim is for the experience not be bound up within the confines of the project itself. The end of the project is in fact the start.

All work produced is edited to its essence by its creator into a coherent and visually compelling narrative. The work is traditionally hand printed and displayed in a formal public exhibition sited locally to the project

A visual storytelling experience which runs weekly interdependent visual focus collectives with further project work for participants to undertake each week independently for 8 weeks.

This 8 week time period is optimised to allow the creative process to take hold, give space and time for reflection and the full development of work that form the backbone of The Camera Work experiences.

These experiences lead into the discovery of working creatively that underpin the methods of connecting and communicating story with cameras. We’ll also be developing the working principles, skills, tools and insight which participants incorporate into their final solo’ projects and beyond.

The experiences are limitless as they are formed on a participatory structure that will reflect each group’s interests, life stories and dynamics which keeps the work authentic, culturally relevant and meaningful.