Day Event: Pete Robinson and Andy Martin
Saturday 28th March - 10am - 4pm
Members – Free
Visitors - £5
Saturday 28th March starts our 2026 season with a full day of something special!
MORNING:
In the morning we have North Shields based photographer, Pete Robinson.
In the morning we have North Shields based photographer, Pete Robinson.
Pete is an international wedding photographer, but will be sharing a powerful documentary piece.
For ten years, Pete has worked on ‘Harvest From The Deep’, recording the working and home lives of our local fishermen - working in one of the UK’s most dangerous industries.
Going out with them on fishing trips of ten hours or more, with painfully early starts, rough seas and seasickness, his photographs capture the heart and soul of the North Shields fishing industry. Showing the harsh realities and camaraderie of life at sea you can almost feel the cold, and smell the heady mix of fish, prawns, diesel and cigarette smoke.
For ten years, Pete has worked on ‘Harvest From The Deep’, recording the working and home lives of our local fishermen - working in one of the UK’s most dangerous industries.
Going out with them on fishing trips of ten hours or more, with painfully early starts, rough seas and seasickness, his photographs capture the heart and soul of the North Shields fishing industry. Showing the harsh realities and camaraderie of life at sea you can almost feel the cold, and smell the heady mix of fish, prawns, diesel and cigarette smoke.
His evocative images tell an important story deserving of celebration on the 800th anniversary of this fishing community on the banks of the River Tyne.
LUNCH:
We’ll provide tea & coffee but you'll need to bring a packed lunch, as there is nowhere nearby to get food.
We’ll provide tea & coffee but you'll need to bring a packed lunch, as there is nowhere nearby to get food.
AFTERNOON:
After lunch - a special treat:
A demonstration of the TinType process by one of the UK’s top exponents, Andy Martin.
After lunch - a special treat:
A demonstration of the TinType process by one of the UK’s top exponents, Andy Martin.
Tintypes date from the 1850s, and were a cheaper alternative to the daguerreotype.
Created as a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with lacquer or enamel to carry the photographic emulsion, giving a unique image, they were often used by studio and street photographers up to the 1930s. Today they are used to make unique handmade images.
Andy works with medium and large format film cameras - telling the stories of marginalised communities who are still living through the cultural, social and economic changes of the region, helping to give them a platform.
He is also one of a small handful of people in the world specialising in the wet collodion process which dates back to 1851. Most of Andy’s work is is produced at his dedicated studio and darkroom in Hendon.
Recently, Andy’s portraits won the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity, as well as their Portrait of Britain Awards.
Created as a direct positive on a thin sheet of metal coated with lacquer or enamel to carry the photographic emulsion, giving a unique image, they were often used by studio and street photographers up to the 1930s. Today they are used to make unique handmade images.
Andy works with medium and large format film cameras - telling the stories of marginalised communities who are still living through the cultural, social and economic changes of the region, helping to give them a platform.
He is also one of a small handful of people in the world specialising in the wet collodion process which dates back to 1851. Most of Andy’s work is is produced at his dedicated studio and darkroom in Hendon.
Recently, Andy’s portraits won the British Journal of Photography’s Portrait of Humanity, as well as their Portrait of Britain Awards.
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