Talking Shop Burnley

Images by Andy Ford
This was the first in the series of projects that form the Talking Shop programme which followed on from pilot project 'Shopkeepers'.
The project took place in spring 2006 when photographer Andy Ford took his camera to local shops and businesses in selected areas of Burnley, and his lively and colourful images were exhibited at the Mid Pennine Gallery. A series of workshops was held for local schools and community groups and to extend the reach of the exhibition, it also toured to the three HMR districts involved in the project, using RIBA’s Architruck. Artist Lucy Bergman returned to 4 shop keepers in September 2007 to capture the stories of the shopkeepers and produced a DVD.
You can see a selection of images from the project here.