from Andrew, 8 April

 


The Collecting Place is a fantastic project for the Brontë Parsonage to be involved in. We have some wonderful early photographs in our collection, of the Parsonage, one or two Brontës and Haworth. We looked at some of these in the first week of the project as well as other artifacts that told us about the Brontës’ lives in Haworth. Re-interpreting Brontë landmarks and landscapes using early photographic techniques, over a hundred and fifty years on from when those first images were created is going to be very exciting; like bringing the past tense into the present. Simon and the group have worked together really well and already discovered lots about how those images were created and how the camera obscura will be used in the second half of the project.  Well done everyone on what’s been a great start. I can’t wait for the next stage.