# WIDEYED > A Photographic Arts Collective ## Posts - [Hello world!](https://wideyed.org/hello-world/): Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start writing! ## Pages - [Radical Recipes 2024](https://wideyed.org/radical-recipes-2024/): Radical Recipes 2024 Radical Recipes – Re-thinking food, community and connection “Eat food, Not too much, Mostly Plants”. Michael Pollan Sage advice from Michael Pollan that cuts through the noise of fad diets and endless nutritional debates to offer a simplified tenet for healthy eating and by extension, living. Radical Recipes celebrates grassroots community projects […] - [THE PHOTOGRAPHERS](https://wideyed.org/the-photographers/) - [IN VINO VERITAS](https://wideyed.org/projects/in-vino-veritas/): In Vino Veritas Since ancient times, it’s been considered that wine reliably reveals a person’s character. For experimental natural wine producer François Blanchard, in vino veritas means remaining true to the character of the grape, respecting the integrity of this very complex fruit and skilfully drawing out its subtle aromas. Each year the grapes are […] - [THE SOCIAL:WIDEYED PERISKOP](https://wideyed.org/projects/the-social-wideyed-periskop/): The Social: Wideyed Periskop Periskop event, Podmornica, Belgrade, 26th September 2012, image © Mark Yuill At the invitation of Wideyed, Periskop brought a taste of the ‘Balkan Periskop experience’ – an evening of slideshows on the theme of ‘the social’ – to Sunderland Minster, as part of North East Photography Network’s The Social:Encountering Photography. Photographers […] - [SHOOT!](https://wideyed.org/projects/shoot/): The Social: Shoot! Shoot! was developed over 5 years by Wideyeds’ Louise Taylor. During this time she joined a small pheasant and partridge shooting syndicate in Tow Law, County Durham on both work and shoot days. The shooting season (for pheasant) runs from 1st October till 1st February but creates a unique year round social […] - [HEFTED TO HILL](https://wideyed.org/projects/hefted-to-hill/): Hefted To Hill Digging deep into the knowledge and values of hill farmers in County Durham. Hefted to Hill was a Northern Heartlands flagship project led by Ewan Allinson. Along with Wideyed’s Richard Glynn and Louise Taylor, it sought to reveal the depth of knowledge and expertise held by farmers that policy-makers ignore to the […] - [RADICAL RECIPES](https://wideyed.org/projects/radical-recipes/): RADICAL RECIPES Re-thinking food, community, and connection ”Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Michael Pollan Sage advice by Michael Pollan that cuts through the noise of fad diets and endless nutritional debates to offer a simplified tenet for healthy eating and by extension, living. Pollan also reminds us that our relationship with food extends far […] - [RE:MAPPING THE FLANEUR](https://wideyed.org/projects/remapping-the-flaneur/): Re:Mapping the Flâneur Re:Mapping the Flâneur is a development of Mapping the Flâneur, an artwork originally created during Collectives Encounter at FORMAT 2011. Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project and the advent of cloud printing, it is the result of a collaboration between 97 photographers from 20 collectives based in 15 countries, and was designed […] - [MAPPING THE FLANEUR](https://wideyed.org/projects/mapping-the-flaneur/): Mapping the Flâneur  “The whole visible universe is but a storehouse of images and signs.” Charles Baudelaire (from ‘The Arcades Project’, Walter Benjamin, [J7,3]) Mapping the Flâneur at FORMAT International Photography Festival 2011 was a dynamic photographic installation designed as an image-based response to the fragmentary, indexical nature of Walter Benjamin’s ‘The Arcades Project’. As […] - [SHOWSTOPPERS](https://wideyed.org/projects/showstoppers/): Showstoppers At agricultural shows people compete for prizes by presenting their very best animals, produce and photos in competition. In 2020, due to COVID-19, these events were cancelled across the country meaning that our communities missed their annual opportunities to show off the results of their hard work. The sheer variety of classes usually available […] - [HOME TIME](https://wideyed.org/projects/home-time/): Home Time HOME TIME is a crowd sourced project, exhibition and publication exploring the lockdown experiences of care home residents, shielders and isolated members of our communities throughout County Durham. Together with portraits of key workers and care workers, it tells a story of life under lockdown. Produced in response to the pandemic, HOME TIME […] - [HANDWORKED](https://wideyed.org/projects/handworked/): Handworked Handworked was commissioned by Durham County Council throughout 2021/2022 to celebrate craftworkers who live and/or work in the North Pennines. Exhibited through the summer of 2022 as a site specific installation at Killhope Lead Mining Museum the series of images celebrated ‘crafts’ in their many forms; the artisan, the heritage craftsman, the micro factory. […] - [FOREIGN BODIES](https://wideyed.org/projects/foreign-bodies/): Foreign Bodies Foreign Bodies was conceived for international arts residency Nomadic Village. Taking place from 21st May to 3rd June 2012 in Wolsingham, County Durham the residency brought together 32 international artists whose practices are stimulated by collaboration and working across borders. Foreign Bodies was inspired by a mix of Mass Observation’s ‘science of ourselves’ […] - [AGRI[CULTURE]](https://wideyed.org/projects/agriculture/): Agri[Culture] Agricultural shows have been part of British farming life for centuries: from contests for best livestock to cake, craft, flower and vegetable competitions, they are important annual meeting places for rural communities. The smaller shows last for a day, the largest cover a whole weekend, but,  whatever their size, these celebratory gatherings draw in […] - [PROJECTS](https://wideyed.org/projects/): PROJECTS - [Privacy Policy](https://wideyed.org/privacy-policy/): Who we are Our website address is: http://wideyed.org. Comments When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection. An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided […] - [NAT WILKINS](https://wideyed.org/the-collective/nat-wilkins/): NAT WILKINS Nat Wilkins is a documentary photographer and filmmaker based in North East England. He is currently focusing his lens on early childhood, rural hinterlands and the culture of upland agriculture. Seeing photography both moving and still as inherently powerful tools in the weaving of narratives, he plays with elements of both to present […] - [LOUISE TAYLOR](https://wideyed.org/the-collective/louise-taylor/): LOUISE TAYLOR Louise Taylor is a socially engaged photographer living in rural County Durham. Her work often focuses on rural issues, people and place, and is rooted in a strong connection to the land. She is a founding member of Wideyed, a member of The Photobook Club Collective and is motivated to present her work […] - [THE COLLECTIVE](https://wideyed.org/the-collective/): THE COLLECTIVE Wideyed is a North-East-based photographic arts collective founded in 2008. Committed to developing innovative and creative approaches to collaboration, the group engages with artists and communities on local, national, and international levels, delivering arts projects that work with and engage diverse audiences. Led by Louise Taylor and Nat Wilkins, along with guest collaborators, […] - [WIDEYED EDITIONS](https://wideyed.org/wideyed-editions/): WIDEYED EDITIONS - [TRAIN OF THOUGHT 2023](https://wideyed.org/wideyed-editions/train-of-thought-2023/): Train of Thought, 2023  blah blah guff guff ISBN: 978-0-957????? Description: ????? Edition: First Published: January 2023 Dimensions: ???? x ???? mm Contents: ?????  by Nat Wilkins & Carl Joyce Train of Thought, published by Wideyed Editions 2023, by Carl Joyce & Nat Wilkins £?? + p&p PAYPAL BUTTON HERE - [SHOOT! 2014](https://wideyed.org/wideyed-editions/shoot-2014/): SHOOT! 2014 Shoot! by Louise Taylor follows a small pheasant and partridge shooting syndicate in Tow Law, County Durham and was created to accompany the exhibition, ‘SHOOT!’ installed at Durham Art Gallery as part of North East Photography Networks’ – The Social: Encountering Photography. ISBN: 978-0-9571537-1-4 Description: Hand-bound, leather cover with shotgun cartridge button closure; […] - [PARK (MK II) 2014](https://wideyed.org/wideyed-editions/park-mk-ii/): Park (MK II) 2014 Park (MKll) is a mutascope (or flipbook you can sit on), developed as an analogue interpretation of Google Street View for Superdream, a creative exchange between artists in Gateshead, UK, and Johannesburg, SA. A digital prototype of this work was first tested as part of 2014 GIFT (Gateshead International Festival of […] - [IN VINO VERITAS 2012](https://wideyed.org/wideyed-editions/in-vino-veritas-2012/): IN VINO VERITAS 2012 A newsprint publication that accompanied the In Vino Veritas exhibitions in London and Paris. Since ancient times, it’s been considered that wine reliably reveals a person’s character. For experimental natural wine producer François Blanchard, in vino veritas means remaining true to the character of the grape, respecting the integrity of this very complex […] - [CHAIN REACTION 2015](https://wideyed.org/wideyed-editions/chain-reaction/): Chain Reaction 2015 Musical chairs with a twist, to the tune of Diana Ross, at Gables Nightclub, Wellingborough, October 1986. Photos, book design, print and fabrication by Lucy Carolan. ISBN:  978-0-9571537-2-1 Description: Concertina format hardback book: B&W inkjet print, 8 pages (or one really long page including book jacket) Edition: First, 120 numbered copies Published: March […] - [Home Time - 2021](https://wideyed.org/wideyed-editions/home-time-2021/): Home Time 2021 HOME TIME – a crowdsourced photography project produced by Wideyed in response to lockdown#3.  27 new photographers were recruited from across County Durham to share their lockdown stories. Care home residents, those shielding and isolated members of our communities, were supported remotely to reflect on their experiences of the pandemic and to […] - [Agri[Culture] 2020](https://wideyed.org/wideyed-editions/agriculture/): Agri[Culture] 2020 Agri[culture] – celebrates the culmination of a 2 year project by photographers Lucy Carolan, Richard Glynn, Louise Taylor and Nat Wilkins, which focussed on the culture of agricultural shows in the North Pennines. ISBN: 978-0-9571537-3-8 Description: 5 x booklets bound in a sleeve; 148 pages Edition: First Published: August 2020 Dimensions: 150 x […] - [NEWS](https://wideyed.org/news/) - [HOME](https://wideyed.org/) [comment]: # (Generated by Hostinger Tools Plugin)