I spent a large part of today at The Big Pit: National Coal Museum in Blaenavon discussing two potential series of images I’ll be making there with curator & ex-miner Ceri. The first series will be made down in the mine…awaiting permission. The second series begins this Friday and will feature portraits of Big Pit staff, mostly ex-miners, and visitors from all walks of life. Thanks again to Ceri & co for making me feel welcome & making me laugh.. The Big Pit is a real gem with lots of community spirit.
www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/bigpit/
Lots of folk stopped to say hello & waved at me today in the town… I’m starting to feel like part of the community which is lovely. There have still been some odd incidents.. yesterday my assistant & I went into a pub for some food & received an icy reception. Everyone stopped and stared. No-one spoke. It turns out were not serving food until 7pm so we left and went to the lovely Butterfiles pub & restaurant instead. Highly recommended!
