Edna Ambler singing her version of Waltzing In The Clouds.

DECISIVE MOMENTS
Photographs and true tales from ordinary life

The Winter Gardens Theatre, Morecambe
5th – 27th September 2009

Displayed inside a purpose-built pop-up gallery within Morecambe’s Winter Gardens Theatre, the exhibition made full use of this dramatic and once grandiose setting.

Populated entirely by snapshots, ‘Decisive Moments’ aims to democratise art photography. These pictures were simply taken ‘in the moment’ with no artistic agenda or intent. Forcing a reappraisal and re-evaluation of the humble snapshot – not only as great photography, but as a mirror of our own life experience. The work has an electrifying existential resonance today. Showing the timelessness of the human condition. Exploring themes of love, loss, belonging, family, friendship, and the pursuit of happiness.

The project challenges preconceived ideas about other people’s lives, ageing, and ultimately our own mortality.


Decisive Moments Blackburn project >>

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