\n ‘The Linnets Story’ has been created by Peter Gallagher-Headley for the third and final year of his photography degree course at Chester University.\n<\/p>\n
\n Entry is free with both the preview event and the exhibition itself being open to the public.\n<\/p>\n
\n Peter said: “For the project, I knew I wanted to do something based on football, but I wanted to do something more interesting than just standard sports photography.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Therefore, I decided to base my project around the history of Runcorn Linnets and (its predecessor) Runcorn FC.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Having been a photographer for the club since November 2024, I\u2019d heard bits here and there about the club’s history since 1918 and I\u2019ve known for a while it\u2019s something that I wanted to explore in a creative way.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The project developed in many different ways up to the point it\u2019s at now.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The biggest challenge I\u2019ve faced really is figuring out the way that I\u2019m going to visually tell the story on a wall, and I eventually came up with the idea of creating a museum-style exhibit using photos from across the club’s history.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Peter admitted: “I think the exhibition will confuse a lot of people at first, as most would probably expect a photography exhibition to be made up of mostly the photographer’s work, but mine’s not.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Rather than use my own work, I\u2019ve put more of a focus on giving new life to photographs that may have not been seen for quite a while or maybe even been forgotten about, bringing them back into the limelight.\n<\/p>\n
\n “At the exhibition, there will be a portfolio of my own images, including my work outside of sports photography.”\n<\/p>\n
\n He added: “The exhibition I have created is nothing on a spectacular scale, only made up of approximately 30 images, a video piece and a little bit more.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Really the aim was never about the scale, it was always about putting showcase on to such a historic club.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Whether you\u2019re a long term fan, who wants to reminisce on the past, or a newer fan, who wants to learn a little more, I think there\u2019ll be something that appeals to everyone.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Finally, I just want to say how grateful I am to everyone who\u2019s helped me throughout the course of the project.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It wouldn\u2019t have been possible without the people, who have talked to me and told me a little bit about the club’s history, pointed me in the direction of someone who might be able to help me out, let me interview them for the video work I have done, or even loaned me an item to display as part of the exhibition.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I am extremely grateful and appreciative for everything across the course of the year and there will be a list of individual names posted with the exhibition itself of everyone who has helped me.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The exhibition opens on Thursday the June 18 as part of a department-wide degree show. On the 18th, there will be a preview event from 6pm to 9pm that is open to all.\n<\/p>\n
\n The show will then be open every day from June 19 until the June 27, from 10am to 4pm.\n<\/p>\n
\n Dave Bettley, Trust secretary at Runcorn Linnets, said: “Peter is one of our valued club volunteers, who alongside his fellow club photographers has produced an outstanding visual record of club matches and events.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We wish him every success with the exhibition at the culmination of his degree course.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"‘The Linnets Story’ has been created by Peter Gallagher-Headley for the third and final year of his photography…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":635810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-635809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/635810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}