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- David Peat - Through the Looking Glass - Forty Years of Street Photography
Sat 11th Jun 2011 - Wed 27th Jul 2011
The exhibition of David Peat's street photography 'Through the Looking Glass' held in the Watermill Gallery in June-July 2011 was featured on the BBC website to widespread acclaim.
We are hoping to be able to 'tour' the exhibition and/or produce a book - if you want to be sent details please e-mail gallery@aberfeldywatermill.com.
The exhibition in David's words...
Although my career has been in documentary film-making for television, my life as a stills photographer has been an entirely personal journey, driven only by a desire to try and capture moments that reflect how I see life on the streets of the world I have travelled.You can see why we love the camera and photography. It allows us, quickly and simply, to capture that moment or that memory. And that’s why I love the added intensity of street photography. Wandering through a location, you have no idea what you are looking for beyond the chance of capturing that little moment of magic when an image reveals a glimpse of human nature being played out in the theatre that is the street. You become a hunter, intensely focussed on observing those around you and their place in that environment. The challenge is to reduce that environment within the confines of the frame – frozen, in the blink of an eye.
A serious illness has suddenly propelled me into a wonderful journey back into my archive, discovering images I had forgotten and delighting in seeing that reality can surpass one’s imagination – though sometimes the reverse! My hope for the exhibition is that by revealing a little of myself and my eye on the world, others can smile and share the moment, the humour, the insight and, occasionally, the poignancy.
But better still would be if they can discover aspects of, or reactions to, an image that have entirely escaped me. Then we are really sharing my peek through the looking glass.
David Peat, May 2011
There are more than fifty works in the exhibition. A small selection are shown below. Thirty more are on a slideshow on the BBC Website . The exhibition brochure can be viewed here.
Signed and numbered (edition max 25) silver gelatin prints of all the images can be ordered, £200 unframed/£250 framed (delivery of framed works is extra) - call Watermill gallery on 01887 822896 or e-mail info@aberfeldywatermill.com.Where To Find Us
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Up and Coming Events
Thursday 29th Mar (7.30pm)
Kenneth Steven - An Evening of Fireside Poetry
Kenneth Steven will be reading from and talking about his latest collection 'Evensong Poems' (£8.99). Tickets £4 (include a glass of wine) from Watermill Bookshop (01887 822896).
Saturday 31st Mar (12 - 1pm)
'Aberfeldy's Railway' book signing
Hamish Stewart will be signing copies of 'Aberfeldy's Railway', a fascinating history of the local branch line from 1865-1965 and including local memories of the line and previously unpublished photographs.
Friday 22nd Jun (8pm)
Trio AAB Jazz Night
Award-winning Scottish Jazz group Trio AAB (Phil Bancroft - Sax, Kevin Mackenzie - Guitar, and Tom Bancroft - Drums) are back at The Watermill. Their visit a few years ago was a sell-out and storming success. "A vision of jazz in the 21st century" (The Guardian). Tickets £16
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