Volume: Picturing High Streets: Mass Participation Project - Picturing Norwich

Description

Picturing High Streets was a three-year project delivered by Photoworks to create a contemporary picture of England’s high streets through artist residencies and a public call out. It was part of the High Streets Heritage Action Zones Cultural Programme, and produced in partnership with GRAIN Projects, Impressions Gallery, Open Eye Gallery, London College of Communications, Photofusion, QUAD/FORMAT, Redeye, ReFramed and The Photographers’ Gallery.

From September 2022 to September 2023, people across England responded to themed fortnightly challenges and submitted their photographs on Instagram under the hashtag #PicturingHighStreets. All entries created an unofficial archive documenting a year in the life of the English high street on Instagram, and a selection form this permanent collection in the Historic England Archive.

In May 2023, Historic England invited people to share their photographs of Norwichʼs high streets. The panel of judges looked for photographs that showed what makes Norwich special, from high street heroes, favourite hang-outs and meeting places, to the historic buildings that give Norwich its unique character. Three winning photographs and seven runners-up were chosen from more than one hundred entries to join the Picturing High Streets national collection.

Content

This is part of the Sub Series: HEC01/128/02 Picturing High Streets: Mass Participation Project; within the Series: HEC01/128 Picturing High Streets; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England

This Volume contains the following materials:

Photograph (Digital): 10

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