As a title of ‘Chance, Challenge, Change’ many ideas came to mind. On our workshop visit to Archisle, Jersey, we were given a talk by Gareth Syvret who’s a photo archivist in the Societe Jersiaise. He influenced me into thinking further when thinking about archiving photographs. Syvret mention that being an archivist allows you to test and question what the definition of art and what it is, as a photo library represents a cannon of personal history and time.  Gareth was particularly influenced by Kessel Kramer where his collection ‘In almost every photograph represents this understanding of history to anticipate the future.  Below are some examples of Kessle’s work.

“Visual History – Knowledge – Power”

Another influence of Gareth’s was William T. Collings, an Artist whom captured many of his photographs in neighboring Channel Islands. This then came relatable for Syvret as much of the photographs archived where found in the Societe Jersiaise. Much of William’s work was captured in the 1860’s all of working class men and woman. Syvret added that this  “Anthropological  representation may be deceiving” as the straight faces in Collings’ photographs can be seen as ‘ambiguous.  Also, plate cameras which where used made the  colour red deficient, resulting the eye to question the photographs profanity and truth. Below is an image William captured during his time shooting in Sark.