A SENSE OF PLACE

Date: January 2021
Exhibition/Show Type: Group
Media: Photography

Exhibition Description

A SENSE OF PLACE was an on-line only exhibition curated during COVID pandemic lockdown.

This archive entry gives a flavour of the web postings from The Cut during the COVID shutdowns. This on-line only exhibition was curated by Tony Casement and Paul Cope.

Throughout the shutdowns many arts organistations acted to keep artists and audiences in contact. The Cut was able to contact artists who had previously exhibited in our galleries and offered them an opportunity to contribute to on-line exhibitions. There were four exhibitions, each dealing with a significant theme.

The introduction to this on-line exhibition said

It is said that with the introduction of the mobile phone we are all photographers now – a statement that The Cut’s fourth online exhibition will question. While all of us can and do take photographs as never before, not all of us can use the photographic image with the unique perspective, engagement and experience of the artists and photographers involved in ‘A Sense of Place’ . While there is a wide range of approach, there is strong sense of identity and quality in all the work in this exhibition once again drawn from our exhibition archive.

All the artists have websites where you can see more and if you want to get in touch with the artists you can email them directly. In many cases you can access articles and essays on or by the artists via links on their page.

The artists contributing the A SENSE OF PLACE included
Richard Denyer
Robert Edwards
D Jackson
Mark Cator
Robert Palmer
Pete Smith
Brian Wells

Kathmandu Nepal. 1974 My two young children playing with local kids, Kathmandu , 1974

Nepal Trek 1974 Nepal, trek through the Himalayers. A woman cooks the evening meal for the M

Nepal Trek 1974 Nepal, Gandarki Valley. An Indian Naga Baba (Sadhu) living in a cave on the edge of a small village seen here with his few posseions and smoking Ganga. In the evening local people would bring him rice and food in exchange for his wisdom and advice.

Nepal Trek 1974 Nepal, trek through the Himalayers 1974. Sherpas taking a much needed break,. The man in the centrte of the photograph has carried a sick young westerner in a basket on his back for the whole day.

Nepal Trek 1974 Nepal, trek through the Himalayers 1974. A young westerner sick with hepatitis is carried by a Nepalese Sherpa.

Nepal Trek. 1974 Treking through the Himalayers, Everything is carried, either by man or mule. There ar no roads, only paths and steep stone stairways.

Nepal Trek.1974 Himalayers; Women setting off on a mountain pathway

Nepal Trek 1974 Nepal, trek through the Himalayers. Mule train leader, Gandarki valley.

Nepal Trek, 1974 Treking through the Himalayers. A meal in a lodge would include a space to sleep for the night. This young woman had cooked my dinner the night before.

Nepal, trek 1974 Nepal, trek through the Himalayers, The village of Tatopani

NNepal Trek 1974 Nepal, trek through the Himalayers. There are no roads, only tracks, paths and stone stairways. Everything is carried, either by mule or man.