I was invited to a private viewing at Newbury Museum of the Camera's Eye, a family learning project funded by West Berkshire Community Education Fund. The project was devised by Open Studios which promote artists working with schools as part of their annual event in May.
Two schools took part in this project, the Downs School at Compton and Curridge Primary School. The location was Sheepdrove Farm at Lambourn, which carries out environmentally responsible farming. Students, together with parents, spent two days at Sheepdrove, exploring the farm and learning about wildlife conservation and taking photographs in the sun, wind and rain. Two artistic photographers, Anna Cady and Paul Forsey, showed the teams how to take photographs of the landscape. Anna taught then how to make pinhole cameras from shoe boxes, black plastic bags and tape, while Paul showed them how to create panoramas using digital cameras with a specially designed software package.
While the exhibition showed the finished products in the form of photographs and a pin hole camera, it was evident that the project succeeded in joint funding efforts from which everyone benefited. Those families I spoke to were very excited and proud of their efforts. No doubt next year's project will be equally successful. I congratulated everyone taking part for their efforts, and thanked the organisers for such a successful event. The exhibition continues until 24 July.
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