Amanda Brook Amanda.Harman@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Photography
Garden Stories
Harman, Amanda
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Abstract
Shown at Blue Sky - Oregon Centre for the Photographic Arts, during Portland Photomonth 2016. This series photographs depicts unintended or ‘accidental’ still lives, made around the gardens and outbuildings of an English country house, seeks to make visible the unseen and often unsung work of the gardeners. I first encountered the gardens at Tyntesfield as a volunteer, working in the cut flower garden for a year alongside the other gardeners. Later, I was drawn back to the gardens to make pictures of my experiences there.
With its particular sense of place, the historic buildings still in daily use and the connections to the past histories of the garden, there were many hidden stories to bring to light. By uncovering the small signs of the day to day - the tending of plants, their protection from insects, disease and weather; the nurturing of seedlings and tender plants in the glasshouses, the harvesting, drying and storing of crops, and the gathering of flowers to be arranged and placed in the house - these observations seek to embody the gardener’s labours and to reveal the unseen stories of the gardens, and those who tend them.
Citation
Harman, A. Garden Stories. Exhibited at Blue Sky, Oregon Centre for the Photographic Arts, Portland, Oregon, USA. 7 April 2016 - 2 May 2016. (Unpublished)
Exhibition Performance Type | Exhibition |
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Start Date | Apr 7, 2016 |
End Date | May 2, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Sep 12, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/2915491 |
Additional Information | https://www.blueskygallery.org/exhibitions/archive http://www.amandaharman.co.uk/news/2016/6/14/garden-stories-at-blue-sky-gallery |
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