St. Helier photoshoot 2

For this shoot I wanted to focus more on people and the areas in which they live and work in St Helier. I asked many of the people I took images off what they want to change in St Helier and their aspirations.

When asking the people within St.Helier,what they want for the future of their parish to be,many of their ideas relied around concerns about development and community. I spoke to the older generations so many of their views were similar.They had a fear that with the modernisation of St helier the great current sense of community would vanish.

The older women I spoke to works at the church and said how great the community was and how she just wants this to stay strong,her main concern was people not being able to afford their business anymore due to the growing process within st Helier. However due to her main interest of her community staying the same she supports developments when they are useful for everyone,this could be areas in which there are activities to do such as pools,casinos,shows and theatres.another important theme for her was the sharing of history,she told me the church we were in was built over a memorial made in the 1800’s and this is a story many would not know,she says that stories are enough to pass down history but it is still important to have areas of history be shown within jersey,once again the modernisation of jersey does not mean destroying the history of jersey’s heritage. However, Many old people do not know what is currently happening within St.Helier.

 

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