Going physical

The popular Caught by the River website held a poetry and prose event at Machpelah Mill, Hebden Bridge, on Saturday 21st January 2017. As previously reported, I had agreed to exhibit a small selection of prints from my Hebden’s Other Bridges photo-project.

My photos
Before the doors opened.

I can’t speak for anyone else present, but it was personally most satisfying to see a collection of my own photographs hanging next to each other along a wall. In this increasingly digital age, we tend to view photos on our computer-screens and phones these days—which is fantastic, but you still can’t beat a traditional 18”x12” print made out of actual physical atoms.

Photos
Photos
Photos

It was also most satisfying finally to chat face-to-face with the physical versions of several people I’d previously only spoken with electronically, including a number of the Caught by the River crew, and the writers Ben Myers, Adelle Stripe, and Amy Liptrot.

Ben Myers and Adelle Stripe
Ben Myers and Adelle Stripe.
Adelle Stripe reading
Adelle Stripe reading.

My lasting impression of the day will be, what an awfully nice bunch of people! But it was Hebden Bridge, after all, so what else should I have expected? A yoga laughter session upstairs, you say? Strange you should mention that…

Richard Carter

Richard Carter is a writer and photo­grapher living in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire. He is currently working on a book about looking at the world through Darwin’s eyes.Website · Newsletter · Mastodon · Facebook

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