Private Veiw : Friday 17th March 6-9pm
Open Daily: Saturday 18th to Monday 20th March, 11am-6pm.
In 1939, Philip Larkin, one of Britain’s most popular poets and authors of the 20th century, wrote a two-stanza poem entitled “Why Did I Dream of You Last Night?”. It revolves around the passing of time, the fragility of our memories, the confrontation with days and feelings that we thought were long gone.
Four lines from Larkin‘s atmospheric poem served as a source of inspiration for the members of the artist collective The Long Exposure for a new photographic series.
So many things I had thought forgotten
Return to my mind with stranger pain:
- Like letters that arrive addressed to someone
Who left the house so many years ago.
So Many Things I Had Thought Forgotten is a photographic exhibition featuring 11 artists and lens-based practitioners.
Taking the poet’s words, each member of the collective has created their own personal response. Through the directness of Larkin’s poetry, the group seeks to present work that is of a personal nature, touching on memories, found moments and events, and journeys through time and place. Despite the common starting point, technically and thematically very different pictures emerged. They show us the beauty and specialness in seemingly trivial moments, bring us closer to the stories and emotions of loved ones, and uncover hidden stories of everyday places in the UK, Europe and the USA.
The Long Exposure collective is formed of students who met on the MA in Photography at Falmouth University and who graduated in 2021. Its members are based around the world in the US, Europe and the UK.
Artists and Photographers: Isabelle Boutriau; Mark Crean; De Ferrier; Phil Hill; Tim Jones; Marcel Rauschkolb; Victoria Smith; Tim Stubbs Hughes; Ross Trevail; Clare Wilson.