Pierre Mette was a keen amateur photographer and his work for Falles Garage regularly took him out-and-about in the island, and his camera always went with him. His images of the island and the company he worked for from the 1950s to 1980s were taken on film, and digitised by his boss and lifelong friend John Falle. Most of the photos he took from the 1950s up until the early 90s, were processed onto colour slides, which were then transferred onto cd discs by a good friend. Pierre died in 2016 and his collection passed to John Falle’s son Helier, who has made them available to Jerripedia, both as a record of island life, mainly in the 1960s and ’70s, and as a tribute to Pierre Mette.

Analysis of Photos

These archival photos were taken by Pierre Mette between the 60s/70s, throughout the streets in St Helier.

Contact Sheet

Final Recreations

Below are the final images I have chosen to print out and draw from.I did edit the contrast and brightness of the images in Photoshop in order to be able to see the shadows and outlines clearer. I plan to print out the two versions of the 3 different photos, and then to take some pieces of acetate and cut them to size to fit over the modern photo. Next I will take a fine tipped white ink pen and draw over the general outlines of everything in the modern photo, and once it is finished I will display it over the top of the old photo so it can show how much the same place has changed overtime. I don’t think that the two versions will be exactly the same or that it will be extremely seamless because a lot has changed and I found it quite hard to get the exact same spot that the Pierre Mette photos were taken in.

Recreations

Above our the final pieces which I have made as a response to Gosia Wlodarczak and as a response to the Journeys and Pathways title. The layers over the photos don’t match perfectly which I was expecting as it’s very hard to get the exact same angle, especially as it’s been so long between the time that both photos were taken. I do like that the pieces are messy and not exactly on point as I can still see the development on time.