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Our Brilliant Book Awards 2010 |
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First Prize: Will Hartley with 'In Between Dreams' |
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Will Hartley is a documentary photographer based in Bristol, however this winning project was shot in London. He graduated from the Documentary Photography course at Newport a couple of years ago. The text below is from the introduction to his book. “We don't always choose the way we live our lives. Sometimes we are forced into situations that we find hard to change. Most of us are trying to find a place where we’re accepted. Are we searching for something? Waiting for our dreams to happen? Perhaps what we fail to realize is that sometimes what we want, we already have. This project follows a group of squatters living around London. Communal living can be beautiful and intimate. It can also be chaotic and difficult. It's about the right to have a roof over your head and a place sleep at night, but it’s not secure or permanent. It’s an environment in constant transition with a steady influx of characters drawn to the freedom it can offer. Friends and strangers are united in their demand to find housing on their own terms.” “How much do you think I can get for this?” “Um, don’t know, 20 quid something.” “Only took me 20 minutes to make.” “What is it anyway?” “Well at night when you sleep, usually all your dreams fly out the window; but when you put this up against it they get caught and stay with you.” “I see. So then we can just sit on the ends of our beds and wait for our dreams to come true.” |
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