HOME TOWN STORIES

Home Town Stories is my photographic practice established with the aim of creating long-term film based documentary photo stories inspired by the people, community, culture and landscape of my home town of Newbury in Berkshire UK.

The boundaries of my ‘home town’, as I see and experience them bear little resemblance to any official map or designation, they are instead more open to my own personal interpretation and heart felt feeling of what is local and home to me.

These photo stories are in every regard a celebration of this tiny jewell in the crown of England and all the wonderfully varied and different people who live within its boundaries. My desire and intention is to be an inquisitive and respectful observer, to ask questions, dig deeper, to walk gently and by doing so get to know more about the people and commumity I live with. I’m not a campaigner and certainly have no interest in pursuing lost causes or attempting to be the purveyor of truth and justice. My interest and passion lies in connecting with and understanding more about my community, just revelling in the ordinary and every day, that which is common place, delighting in the quotidian.

I'm excited to find out more about that which at present I have no knowledge of and through a calm and gentle process of discovery, create photo stories which make my photographic heart and soul sing and hopefully inspire others to discover their own ‘back yard’.

What you see now is just the start point of this wonderful adventure, there are many stories and gentle adventures to come.

I sincerely hope you enjoy looking at my work.

Wishing you fair light and full frames

Giles