Andrew Rafferty is a critically acclaimed photographer with an unconventional approach that includes images printed on rock fragments and displayed in a museum case, and a uniquely personal depiction of the Passion of Christ using images of himself printed on cloth. His work is rooted in photographic and lens based techniques and includes video and computer manipulation as well as some more obscure ways to make images. Much of it is a response to the presence of the human in the landscape (regardless as to whether humans are portrayed). His published book The Stones Remain on megalithic sites of Britain was such a case in point, with not a single human depicted, and yet it was about man's lasting legacy in the landscape. By making photographic works on paper and stone and cloth, his photography conveys the presence of people through marks and landmarks.
Tonight, his presentation primarily features a photographic journey he undertook to accompany a sequence of poems by Kevin Crossley-Holland about Seahenge. Discovered in 1998 on the foreshore near Holme in North Norfolk, it caused great excitement. It was a circle of 55 split oak trunks with a huge upside down oak stump at its centre. What was it for? A place where body and spirit meet? A mortuary? A site for skyburials? Andrew’s response to these questions brought him to a different way of seeing and creating photographic images.
A selection of Andrew’s published books will be available to buy (cash only) on the evening.
About NDPS Special Presentations
Every month at Norwich and District Photographic Society there is the opportunity to hear inspirational photographic talks by photographers who are recognised to be at the top of their game and renowned specialists in their field of photography. The quality and range of subjects included in these Special Presentations are we believe unequalled both here in Norfolk and much further afield. Further, arguably alone they more than justify the cost of becoming a member of the Society.
The annual programme for the 2021-2022 Season that begins in September and runs through to the end of June 2023 is well advanced and has been designed to offer a broad range of excellent speakers who will cover, as in past seasons, a far reaching range of photographic genre.
Members of the Society are normally able to attend Special Presentations free of charge. However, NON-MEMBERS wanting to attend a Special Presentation can usually purchase a guest ticket prior to the event. Guest tickets (subject to availability) must be purchased in advance and are only available from our ticketing partner Eventbrite.co.uk.
Please note the ticket office for each individual presentation is not open until approximately ONE month prior to the date of the presentation when all arrangements for the evening have been agreed and confirmed between the presenter and the Society.
ABOUT ONLINE PRESENTATIONS
During the coronavirus pandemic the Society put together a revised programme of Special Presentations that were presented online. These online events proved to be very successful, with good attendance and we thank all our speakers and members who have adapted to this medium. Post-covid we envisage that we shall continue to make full use of the available technologies to deliver our Special Presentations. In the past year online presenttions has widened our reach and we have hosted speakers from the furthest points in the UK, throughout Europe and much wider afield from Australia and the United States.
We don’t intend to allow geography to be a reason for not heaing from the very best photographers worldwide in future seasons. Equally, we shall evolve to ensure this is achieved in the most effective way for our members
