In Perspective - Photography Collections and The Black Country
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A day celebrating some of the key photography collections and archives from across the Black Country. We are delighted to bring together ve specialists to discuss the unique collections that they have created over many years. We want to share some of the stories behind these collections and explore what the future may hold for these collections.
- Geoff Broadway leads the Living Memory project and will be talking about what has been achieved so far and shares our exciting plans for the next 18 months.
- Keith Hodgkins, President of the Black Country Society, will talk about his own extensive personal archive of over 25,000 images that reflect the changing face of the Black Country landscape from the 1960s onwards.
- Anand Chhabra from the APNA Heritage project will be discussing their award winning work around photography and Punjabi migration to Wolverhampton between 1960 and 1989.
- Brendan Jackson will share the story of the Jubilee Arts Archive. This online and physical collection documents the work of Sandwell based Jubilee Theatre and Community Arts Company between 1974 and 1994.
- Maureen Waldron from Sandwell Community History and Archives Service (CHAS) will talk about some of the photo collections held within Sandwell’s own archive.
