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Wolverhampton photographer captures the citizens of the city in new project.
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20/12/2024
We meet a Wolverhampton photographer who has been exhibiting his work of portraits and landscapes of the city. The pictures are available online too.
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So we're here in the 01902 room just off of Queen Square there by the man on the horse,
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as people know it. And introduce yourself sir. My name's Graham, I'm a local photographer.
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And you've been exhibiting here, what's the project you've been doing Graham?
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So I've been taking pictures of Wolverhampton people and the city and talking to people
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about what the city means to them, trying to get like a positive view of the city.
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Yeah, well that's it because there's a lot of negative points of view of Wolverhampton,
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so it's nice to hear you know some good things about it because it is a great city still,
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no doubts about that. So what's been, you've been living 10 years yourself in the city centre here,
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what's, have you learned anything yourself from doing the project and chatting to people?
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I think just some amazing people in the city, there's so many great characters and just
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interesting things going on that are sometimes a little bit under the radar.
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Anyone in the exhibition particularly you had a good chat with, any of the pictures you want
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to point out like? You're asking me to pick my favourite? I know, your favourite child isn't it?
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Yeah, I think, it's really hard to think of anyone. If I was to say was there anyone who
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was particularly characterful? I love Debbie, Debbie's a local artist. Debbie
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like had a passion for art with washing lines in them over Covid. When we went into lockdown
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and we couldn't get out and about and do stuff, I don't quite know how it happened,
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but she's got this real passion for artwork with washing lines in.
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What, so like she does like anything, like she might do a painting with a washing line in,
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that kind of stuff? Yeah, she like shares stuff, posts stuff with washing lines and
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she's going to be embarrassed if she sees this. Yeah, well hence the picture,
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that all makes sense to me now. So I had to get a picture with her and her washing line.
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Great. But yeah, just loads of amazing characters, everyone's special.
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And we've got, where have we been over here? If we go across, we've been to the Islamic Centre.
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So yeah, the mosque up on Newhampton Road. Yeah, that was really interesting to go in
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and see what they do and they were incredibly welcoming and kind of explained how the mosque
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works. Yeah, they sometimes I think take part in the open days, mosque open days,
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because a lot of people think, oh it's a mosque, we won't, you know, we won't be welcome. But
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they are very welcoming, aren't they in there? Yeah, I've been in there myself before. And it's
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just these landscapes at the back we've got. Yes. Let's have a nosy on over to there then.
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So yeah, urban landscapes, so different angles on the city and again trying to get like a little
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bit of a different take, things that people might not immediately recognise or taking
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stuff from a slightly different angle to show the city off. So it's a particular, a favourite spot
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yourself, I mean the area around St John's Church there, that's great, isn't it? The fact they've
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retained those cobbles gives it that atmosphere. Yes, it kind of looks like it probably hasn't
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changed in hundreds of years. Yeah, you could well imagine, you know, cover up a couple of
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signs, it could be a film set, couldn't it? You know what I mean? Yes. Anywhere else particularly
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you'd enjoy? St Peter's, it was when it snowed just a few weeks ago. Yeah, yeah. That looks really,
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yeah, that's kind of quite a timeless shot as well. Yeah. I think the other one that makes
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me laugh is the lucky cat, I don't know who would abandon that in the station. Disturbed, yeah.
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It's like he's waving, isn't it? I don't know if he's waving saying help me or waving saying
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all right I'm chilling out here, or one or the other. Yeah, it is amazing isn't it? Some of the
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stuff you stumble across, if you, I think a lot of people they kind of heads down aren't they going
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to the shops, but you know this just reminds people to look up and we have got some fantastic
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little bits in the city. Yes, definitely.
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