LIP Central November 2024 Meeting – LIP Satellite Groups

Featured image © Pauline Moon

The November meeting of LIP Central London Group took place on the 13^th at the Old Diorama Arts Centre NW1. This was our last meeting at the Old Diorama and as from January we shall meet at Lumen in Tavistock Place.

There was a good turnout of members with 20 attending, ten of whom gave an in-depth presentation on a personal project. We were also pleased to welcome a new member, Gordon Bates, to the Group.

Edey Templeton showed her project “Memories and Dreams” which was a projection of a distant ancestor’s life as a gardener in the 19^th Century. The images were tinted blue which is the colour of longing and underlined a nostalgic view of the past. In discussion, she was given several ways of presenting and taking the project further.

Frankie McAllister showed some drafts of a zine she was making about her memories of the Troubles in Northern Ireland in the 1970s and 80s. She used a mixture of archive footage and recent documentary style images to tell the story. It was felt that there was great deal of rich material here which would warrant a more in-depth treatment than a zine.

Henry Rice’s work concerned ideas around open access to works and permitted commercial use. He showed an open access image from the British Library which he then transformed into very different versions – one of which he had printed onto a tee-shirt.

Janet Nabney’s project reproduced the effect of flowers and trees in the wind by layering several flower images in Photoshop. She achieved a realistic impression of movement. Although everyone enjoyed the images, it was thought that those against a plain sky worked best as there were fewer distractions.

Jim Paterson showed photographs of his project to do self portraits in pen and ink wash for a week. Over the week, he managed to capture himself from all angles using a mirror. He was asked whether this work had affected his photography. He replied that he was that it had but was unsure how, except perhaps for making him look more closely.

Julian Sainsbury showed landscape images taken in Eryri (Snowdonia) using In Camera Movement (ICM) and double exposure followed by much post processing. His aim was to find a balance between abstract and reality and he sought feed back on whether he had achieved this. It was felt that the images were more impressionist than abstract and were about the quality of the light. It was suggested that he considered what response the images evoked for him and bring this out more.

Melissa Nolas showed work from her project called “Once Upon a Day” which centred on the beaches in the Athenian Riveria where she spent time when growing up in Athens. The pictures were taken over the course of a summer and she had tried to capture the time of day and the demographic of the beaches changed as the day and season progressed. Those present felt that she had captured a holiday atmosphere, and it was remarked that the colour palette was similar to postcards of the 1970s which was in keeping.

Mirela Kunic’s project concerned a visit with her father to their former home village in Bosnia which the family had had to leave during the Yugoslavian civil war. In her images she showed her father’s emotions at reliving his boyhood and seeing the family home again and her reflections on what her life what might have been if she had not had to leave in 1992.

Pauline Moon’s work was based on taking oblique views of towns rather than straight landscape shots. These included tiles architectural details and partial street scenes. It was felt that whilst all the images gave very different views than normal there could be greater uniformity overall.

The next meeting will be held on 8^th January 2025 at Lumen, 88 Tavistock Place WC1H 9RS. The theme will be “Doors and Windows”.