An exhibition marking the culmination of a major project involving young people from across Liverpool and the National Trust was launched at Liverpool's Metquarter on 7 April.
Supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and The Liverpool Culture Company, 'Liverpool People & Places - the photography of Edward Chambré Hardman' is part of Trust celebrations marking European Capital of Culture 2008.
It is an exhibition combining a selection of Hardman’s iconic images of Liverpool in the middle of the last century, with work by today's young residents of Liverpool, who have spent the past five months using a variety of modern media - to record the city, its life and heritage through 21st century eyes. The result is to form part of a new archive of work documenting Liverpool's history.
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The National Trust has been working with five organisations on the project - Interchill, Liverpool Community College, Shorefields Technology College, New Heys Community School and Liverpool Youth Services. The result is a series of structural cubes on which photographs and other artwork will be displayed, together with a television screen for the animation and documentary film work.
Laura Naylor, Community Project Officer and exhibition organiser said:
'This exhibition is a real testament to the work of the young people who have taken part. They have gone out into their city - much as Hardman himself did - and captured what to them is the essence of Liverpool today, interpreting it in ways which we hope will encourage new, younger audiences to develop their own interest in Liverpool's rich heritage'.
Sara Hilton, Heritage Lottery Fund Regional Manager for the North West, commented:
'This is a fantastic way to give young people the chance to celebrate the rich cultural heritage of Liverpool in its year as Capital of Culture. The new exhibition gives a rich, multi-layered insight into the city's identity and reveals much about how the past can shape our future.'
‘Liverpool People and Places’ will be at The Metquarter from 7 - 27 April. The exhibition will then move to the Tourist Information Centre in Queen's Square.
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