Photography presentation by Timothy Allen
This evening’s talk will be called ‘The Journey’ by Tim Allen and is a retrospective look at 20 years on the road including life lessons learned.
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(Image from Tim Allen’s Wikipedia page)
In Tim’s words…..“Better known for my photographs of far away places I am also a producer/director of films. I began work in London’s Fleet Street… Guardian, Telegraph and Times before settling down at The Independent for 6 years. After leaving the world of photojournalism I slipped into a life on the road shooting documents of the most interesting things I could find on the planet. My passion has always been indigenous cultures, sparked by a life-changing encounter I had with an isolated community whilst on an university ecological research project in 1991. Nowadays I love visiting remote locations and the exceptional people who inhabit them.
Please don’t mistake me for a documentarian in the traditional sense. That, I am certainly not. My films and photographs are often very subjective and I enjoy viewing the world through overly romantic eyes. Similarly, my intention is not to ‘document disappearing cultures for the sake of future generations’. That is a concept I’ve never felt comfortable with. As far as I can tell, the main motivation behind my work is a desire to understand myself and the relationships I have with other people. It is a very personal journey of discovery that is also my living. If my work inspires you to do the same then that is a good thing as far as I’m concerned. It is my belief that our individual journeys offer us all the chance to become better people.
When ever I get the chance I travel as a backpacker and I always turn off my mobile phone while I’m away. I am a traveler from the pre-internet generation of Poste Restante and word-of mouth so I’m always looking for that kind of experience in my 21st century journeys. I try not to get cynical about the contemporary world but forgive me if my years get the better of me every now and then. Amongst many other things, I love the outdoors, gardening and especially my adoptive country Wales where I live with my family on a quiet hill near Hay on Wye.”
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