Bradford Media Museum's plea (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Bradford Media Museum's plea
3:08pm Thursday 1st October 2009 in
If you were asked to suggest a photograph representative of the Bradford district, what would it be?
Haworth village in winter? One of the festivals in summer? The moment of victory for Bradford Bulls, Bradford City, or a cricket team?
The National Media Museum wants ideas like these to complement an exhibition of photographs called We English by Simon Roberts, commissioned by the museum and planned for public showing in March, 2010.
Pictures already included in the exhibition feature race goers at Ladies’ Day, Aintree, picnickers at Bolton Abbey and para-gliders over the South Downs.
Mr Roberts said: “I’m looking for ideas that provide an interesting snapshot of England and the Bradford district in its own right.
“These suggestions are crucial to the success of this commission. They can be anything from Sunday league football and religious festivals to family traditions and bizarre rituals; from the ordinary and everyday, to the unique and the extraordinary.”
Mr Roberts will make a shortlist of the suggestions, then visit the locations. The photograph he then takes will be part of the exhibition.
It will be the culmination of his project which began in 2008 and has taken him all over the country.
We asked several people for their suggestions, and Canon Frankie Ward, of Bradford Cathedral, said: “We are having a Muslim/Sikh tour of the Cathedral on Sunday, November 15, at 11.30am. That might be a good photo opportunity.”
Acts of Kindness photographer Tony O’Connell, whose work featured in the T&A this year, said: “I think people from different backgrounds doing something together – the clean-up of Leeds Road organised by the Ahmadiyya mosque would make a good picture.”
Ideas for subjects – which must take place in the Bradford district between now and January 2010 – can be submitted via nationalmediamuseum .org.uk/simonroberts or by completing a form available at the NMM. The closing date is November 30.
e-mail: jim.greenhalf @telegraphandargus.co.uk
Comments(25)
CaptainHowdy
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4:51pm Thu 1 Oct 09
albion
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5:20pm Thu 1 Oct 09
old speckled hen
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5:31pm Thu 1 Oct 09
sat around a hole inthe ground
g-daffi
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5:50pm Thu 1 Oct 09
Welcome To The New World Order
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6:22pm Thu 1 Oct 09
koeeoaddiladdi
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6:34pm Thu 1 Oct 09
dazbot
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6:43pm Thu 1 Oct 09
Iona Cortina
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7:26pm Thu 1 Oct 09
Welcome To The New World Order wrote:Lol ! :o
A rat in a baseball cap, carrying an hypodermic needle, asking for 20 pence?
Iona Cortina
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7:27pm Thu 1 Oct 09
dazbot wrote:I nearly squirted at that comment.
A blacked out window of a car with a prostitute chatting to the dealer inside.
puddingandpi
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7:50pm Thu 1 Oct 09
That building *is* Bradford centre. The town hall could be in any small Northern city. Tyrls & the Media Museum could be anywhere. With images of The Odeon & The Alhambra I know instantly it's Bradford.
I only see Bradford on the news now & it's unfortunate that it's when something awful's happened. But I recognise Bradford as soon as I see those buildings.
webess
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8:23pm Thu 1 Oct 09
Iona Cortina wrote:How about a suggestion even a primary school kid wouldn't find predictable?
How about a lovely picture of the bombed-out area in the city centre?
Iona Cortina
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8:49pm Thu 1 Oct 09
webess wrote:Enjoy the comments or leave :)
Iona Cortina wrote:How about a suggestion even a primary school kid wouldn't find predictable?
How about a lovely picture of the bombed-out area in the city centre?
albion
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8:55pm Thu 1 Oct 09
Iona Cortina wrote:It WAS a predictable comment and people ARE allowed to reply, you are not in a position to order anyone to leave.
webess wrote:Enjoy the comments or leave :)
Iona Cortina wrote:How about a suggestion even a primary school kid wouldn't find predictable?
How about a lovely picture of the bombed-out area in the city centre?
Iona Cortina
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9:23pm Thu 1 Oct 09
albion wrote:Lol !
Iona Cortina wrote:It WAS a predictable comment and people ARE allowed to reply, you are not in a position to order anyone to leave.
webess wrote:Enjoy the comments or leave :)
Iona Cortina wrote:How about a suggestion even a primary school kid wouldn't find predictable?
How about a lovely picture of the bombed-out area in the city centre?
Oooh, albion's gone all hard (and not in that sense) :p
albion
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9:27pm Thu 1 Oct 09
Iona Cortina wrote:Resorting to rudeness! says it all.
albion wrote:Lol !
Iona Cortina wrote:It WAS a predictable comment and people ARE allowed to reply, you are not in a position to order anyone to leave.
webess wrote:Enjoy the comments or leave :)
Iona Cortina wrote:How about a suggestion even a primary school kid wouldn't find predictable?
How about a lovely picture of the bombed-out area in the city centre?
Oooh, albion's gone all hard (and not in that sense) :p
Iona Cortina
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9:47pm Thu 1 Oct 09
albion wrote:Hee-hee!
Iona Cortina wrote:Resorting to rudeness! says it all.
albion wrote:Lol !
Iona Cortina wrote:It WAS a predictable comment and people ARE allowed to reply, you are not in a position to order anyone to leave.
webess wrote:Enjoy the comments or leave :)
Iona Cortina wrote:How about a suggestion even a primary school kid wouldn't find predictable?
How about a lovely picture of the bombed-out area in the city centre?
Oooh, albion's gone all hard (and not in that sense) :p
Lighten up, fella; it's only a forum (well, kind of) :)
spionkop64
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10:02pm Thu 1 Oct 09
Seriously, the view when coming down Wakefield Road. The roofs of Little Germany, the tower of the Town Hall clock peeking over the hill, the Chimney of Lister's Mill soaring into the sky, all backed by the purple heather clad moors.
That's Bradford.
Rambo
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12:23am Fri 2 Oct 09
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Serioulsly, do they put these stories on here for the responses like those above?
Dr Evil
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2:11am Fri 2 Oct 09
I like the turned outlight bulb
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