For this project I want to go to Flers, France and photograph the textile industry as it stands today. I have never been to that part of France and I am not really sure what to expect.
And so it begins with our first point of call Amie emailing Annabelle telling her what I am wanting to do in Flers. Amie the Interreg project coordinator and Annabelle works for Chargée de mission développement économique et marketing territorial, Direction de l'Attractivité du Territoire - Communaut é d'Agglom ération du Pays de Flers which translates to Policy Officer Economic Development and territorial marketing, Directorate of Territorial Attractiveness - Community of Agglomeration of Flers.
Hello Annabelle
I hope you’re well.
As you know, five students from UCA visited you in August to document the site at the Les Bains Douches. As a continuation of the project, we have another four students interested in a photography project in Flers. I have copied the students into the email.
Luke will be working on an individual project and he is interested at looking at the textile history of Flers as a focus of his project. He will also be visiting Calais and in particular, the Lace Museum. When Luke has planned his visit to Flers, he would need some time to meet with you (for an overview of the project), have a tour of the area and most importantly, the historical buildings in Flers which once housed the textile industry.
Adam, Harry and Andrew will work on a collaborative project. They will not visit Flers, but instead they will send you a parcel of disposable cameras which they would like to have distributed to members of the community. They would require your help coordinate community engagement with the work.
I hope it okay for students to be in contact with you directly. Please do not hesitate to call me to discuss over the phone.
Kind regards
Amie
I hope you’re well.
As you know, five students from UCA visited you in August to document the site at the Les Bains Douches. As a continuation of the project, we have another four students interested in a photography project in Flers. I have copied the students into the email.
Luke will be working on an individual project and he is interested at looking at the textile history of Flers as a focus of his project. He will also be visiting Calais and in particular, the Lace Museum. When Luke has planned his visit to Flers, he would need some time to meet with you (for an overview of the project), have a tour of the area and most importantly, the historical buildings in Flers which once housed the textile industry.
Adam, Harry and Andrew will work on a collaborative project. They will not visit Flers, but instead they will send you a parcel of disposable cameras which they would like to have distributed to members of the community. They would require your help coordinate community engagement with the work.
I hope it okay for students to be in contact with you directly. Please do not hesitate to call me to discuss over the phone.
Kind regards
Amie
The idea is there! but I have a dissertation to be writing!
Dissertation.
Dissertation.
Dissertation.
Dissertation.
Dissertation.
Dissertation.
Dissertation.
Dissertation.
Dissertation.
Dissertation.
I've spent a lot of time on my Dissertation, I need to do some other work or I think I'll go insane.
EuroTunnel is booked, Hotels are booked and Annabelle is aware that I am coming to Flers.
This is the first time I have traveled alone and I am going on my motorbike in the first week of January, I hope the weather will be ok.
Had to get up at 4am to load up the bike and set off to arrive at Folkestone to get the train, I got there early enough that I got an earlier train. I have 2 videos on youtube which just show some of the time that I was in France and the stuff below is like a little diary of what I had learnt at the end of each day.
I must admit I put this project to one side while we had our dissertations to write as I couldn't really think about anything else, But about 3 weeks before the hand in for the dissertation I thought that it would be a great idea to actually book the hotels and the train and just get out there.
I travelled about 650miles in total, on my own, on my motorbike. It was very windy! but a great experience.
That pretty much sums up the trip. It was a very enjoyable experience and if I were to do something like this again I would have to spend much more time exploring and photographing. And I would maybe go with someone else rather than on my own as it is generally good to have someone else to discuss ideas with and have with you when you are walking round old abandoned buildings. I have certainly grown as a person due to meeting new people and trying to speak French while getting around, It also gave me more confidence in my photography and riding ability because I only had one fixed lens with me so I had to really think about composition, I couldn't just change the focal length and be stood in the same place. For the riding, I haven't had a bike very long, at the point of the trip I had been riding for about 4 months, so it was great to do this trip to prove to myself that I can think on my feet with the photography and also navigate to a place I had never been to with barely any satnav help and also battle the horrifically strong winds.
Definitely something I would like to do again.
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