When I first met Tom Pope, I thought he was very creative with his ideas. He defiantly inspired me when we went to St Malo, I really enjoyed doing spontaneous things with my friends and recording them. He connected with us as a young photographer and wasn’t scared to share his thoughts and his ability to push the boundaries with no fear was encouraging. I can tell he is passionate with what he does and his finals shows that. His exhibition in Jersey was interesting to look at, I really liked the final room which is where he had presented his own pictures with photographs from the archive. Especially the photos from the high jump, he Incorporated photos from the first winner of a high jumper back in the olden days and photographs from this years winner in the Island games and aliened the photos so the poles were at the same level. This made the pictures all at different heights which made it more interesting to look at. This connection from the archive made his work extra special as Tom is trying to exploit photographs from the archive back into our society. This enabled us to notice the differences of what it was like back then and how it is now. In the high jump, the equipment was just a bamboo stick and only the floor to land on, so to see the development from then to now is fascinating.

I also loved the slideshow he produced of old postcards from the archive with written quotes on them. Quotes that don’t even relate to the photograph, it made the postcard more intriguing and makes you look at it more. His connection with the archive was very interesting and something no other photographer has encouraged so much before. I think it was a great idea to spread what he could from our past society in Jersey.