Did you know that we set ourselves a monthly theme and try to relate all our Instagram posts to it for the month? It gives us a challenge and helps us to focus our thoughts on producing photographs that positively reflect on Paisley. It provides fun for our regular followers to see what we come up with.
Our documentary-type photographs usually tell us a story, bring out some kind of emotional response or fix a time and place in history.
This month, we are asking, “What is Paisley to you?”. As humans, we all create fond memories of a time and a place that is as individual as we are.
Let us know what Paisley means to you. Here are some examples of the town’s heritage, people, and cultural scene.
‘Have you ever seen a Photo Fence? Here at Picturing Paisley, we have presented several of these for the enjoyment of our Paisley Community. Currently, we are exhibiting on the railings outside the entrance to Barshaw Park, one of our well-established and much-cherished green spaces in Paisley.
This is the second time that we have used this particular space for the exhibition of our work, and we are hoping to make this an annual event as it coincides with a festival hosted across the month by another community group in the town. The Festival is known as “Feel Good February” and is a very welcome month of activities designed to sweep away the winter blues and welcome spring back into our lives. A perfect fusion of partnership working!
Our fences have a very basic presentation of A4 laminated photographs and are secured with tie wraps. While this may appear to lack finesse, it is a very practical and inexpensive way for us, who are totally self-funded, to show photographs to the general public to stimulate conversation, enjoyment, memories and creativity in everyone.
We have themed this particular exhibition around the magnificent Anchor Thread Mill, which sits on the banks of the White Cart River and has been converted into luxury flats. It reminds us every day of the town’s past heritage and industry. The photographs present different views and angles of the exterior of the building.
We encourage you, if possible, to visit our exhibition, which runs from 1st – 29th February, and to have a walk in our beautiful park, or to travel from there into Paisley to view this magnificent building for yourself. Enjoy!
