\n Bradford photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn has launched the scheme, titled Still Lives, Living Stories: The Heart of Bradford, in collaboration with Bradford Council\u2019s Bradford District Museums and Galleries service.\n<\/p>\n
\n The project explores the memories, experiences, and identities of residents through personal belongings and takes inspiration from the historic Belle Vue Studio collection.\n<\/p>\n
\n Carolyn Mendelsohn said: “I believe everyone has a story worth sharing.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Objects often hold memories that connect us to people, places and significant moments in our lives.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I want to listen to those stories and work collaboratively with people to create a new photographic archive, including portraits, still lives and audio recordings, to celebrates the people of the Bradford district and the stories they have to tell.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Carolyn Mendelsohn (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n
\n Residents are encouraged to bring meaningful items to one of two launch events at Bradford Industrial Museum.\n<\/p>\n
\n The events will take place in the Heritage Craft Room from 1pm to 3pm on August 21 and 22.\n<\/p>\n
\n Visitors will have the opportunity to meet Ms Mendelsohn and the project team, learn about the project, and enjoy refreshments.\n<\/p>\n
\n Those who bring an item can be photographed with it in the portrait style of the original Belle Vue Studio archive.\n<\/p>\n
\n A separate still-life photograph of the item will also be taken, along with a recorded audio account of the story it represents.\n<\/p>\n
\n Attendees can also view images from the Belle Vue Studio archive and discover how the historic collection has inspired this new work.\n<\/p>\n
\n Councillor Ian Walker, Bradford Council\u2019s Executive Member for Neighbourhoods and Communities, said: “The Belle Vue Studio archive captures a remarkable moment in Bradford’s history, and this project offers an exciting opportunity to continue that story.\n<\/p>\n
\n “By sharing an object and the memories connected to it, residents can help create a new archive.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We look forward to welcoming people to the launch events and seeing the stories that emerge from this wonderful project.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Still Lives, Living Stories: The Heart of Bradford aims to build on this legacy by using objects to tell the stories of Bradford today.\n<\/p>\n
\n Whether historical or contemporary, valuable or ordinary, each object carries its own unique story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bradford photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn has launched the scheme, titled Still Lives, Living Stories: The Heart of Bradford, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743802,"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-743801","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\/743801","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=743801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}