WHAT ARE PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES?
The archive or archives are a collection of documents and records that contain historical information. You can also use archives to refer to the place where archives are stored. – Collins Dictionary
JERSEY HERITAGE JERSEY ARCHIVE:
The Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive (SJPA) contains over 125,000 items dating from the mid-1840s to the present day. It is the Island’s principal collection of nineteenth and early twentieth-century photography and reflects a rich history generated from our geographical and cultural position between Britain and France, two nations that were prominent in developing the medium. 35,000 historical images in the Photographic Archive can we found on their website here.
27/09/2023 AT JERSEY ARCHIEVE:
WHAT HAPPENED ON THE TRIP:
We arrived at Jersey Museum for 8:45am, there we made our way up to the room where we received the talk by ‘The Gatekeepers.’ They gave us information on how to use the Jersey Archive website in order to help us for our short film project. He proceeded to digitally show us how to filter specific instruction in order to receive the best possible results. He was able to give us some information about Elizabeth Castle, where we were supposed to extend our trip, and showed us their archival prints of historical factors around the building.
IMAGES TAKEN:
OVERVIEW OF THE TRIP:
- They told the group of students useful historic facts about the origins on the Jersey Heritage and how it became an archive and a photographic archive known as ‘SJ Photographic Archive‘
- Showed and taught us how to use the Jersey Heritage website and how to filter and modify the filter in order to get to the SJ Photographic archive, furthermore able to find images you need.
- Told us the necessary needs your photographs need to fit in order from them to be publish to the archive eg what historic value do they have to society?
- Showed us printed images from their archive in the building (printed copies of photos that also found digitally online, some are original and not found online)
EXHIBITION – NO PLACE LIKE HOME
The exhibition took place in the Capital House where many project were displayed for, No Place Like Home.
A floating sculpture of the Earth was situated in the Queen’s Valley Reservoir by artist Luke Jerram between 14th and 24th of September and this was a part of the exhibition. This was to spread awareness about climate change and how it is affected the Earth.
QUOTES FROM Mr Jerram:
“I created the artwork to keep this subject on the agenda and also show people what we could lose.”
“Our floating blue planet is just incredibly beautiful and fragile.“
“It will also make people realise what public art can do and it can reach out to people in lots of different ways“
“It was really nice to see the Floating Earth in Jersey with ducks and swans swimming around, which means they weren’t scared of it; which is nice.”
SOURCE: BBC NEWS