The Evening Class Project

Last October I spent a week photographing as many people as possible from about 40 Evening Classes at City Lit in Holborn. Myself and the journalist Ros Anderson, (who I did the project with) wanted to pick a broad range of subjects to represent City Lit's vast catalogue. Our final choices included Jazz Singing, British Sign Language, Assertiveness, Math GCSE and Cornish.

The idea came from flicking through a prospectus my boyfriend had brought home and wondering who studies Cornish? Who studies Stand up Comedy? Do the people in the classes have anything in common apart from their chosen subject? I'm not sure I've found the answer to that question but it was fun trying. Thanks to City Lit and Ros, Lauren, Meg and Adam for helping me cajole (beg) people to be photographed.

Cornwall

 

  

Mary Berry

This was taken for last Saturday's Telegraph Magazine. I was nervous about meeting Mary. Mainly because I've never made a cake and feared the conversation straying to my favourite recipe. I needn't of worried, cake was not discussed and she was great.

Oaklands

I found these photos at the weekend stuffed into a box. They're taken about 6 years ago when to supplement my income as an assistant I worked in an old people's home in Birmingham. I was supposed to be the activity worker and as you can see I got people pretty pumped up.

Kentwell

These were taken at Kentwell House in Suffolk at what their website calls a 'Re-Creation' weekend. After photographing this I can see the appeal of dressing up in a nice outfit and having no iphone, ipod, ipad i-anything for a weekend.

New York

Jiggery Pokery

I think there would be something fundamentally wrong with a person if they derived no pleasure from making and then modelling giant cardboard fruit/ lips. I'd kill for five minutes in the spotlight with an oversized melon.





This is the work of Anna and Lauren of Jiggery Pokery. Check out their website its brilliant.