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It’s fascinating watching the creative process. Katherine Hall and I had finished for the day, we had talked of many subjects, but had nothing strong completed. We weren’t dispirited, though, as we would continue the following day. We parked up, to look at a potential location, and Katie stopped… staring at the road markings in a car park, it had triggered something. We quickly shot some bits, and both knew that that was what the day had been about. It unintentionally provided us with something that contained many of the themes we had discussed. Where did that come from?

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I was interested in photographing Robert Hardaker, for People Of Performance Art as I knew he was a performer, but I’d never seen any of his work, so could not guess what themes he might choose.

We photographed in a couple of locations. He expressed a preference for natural light, and both locations suited this wonderfully. The props were simple: what was at the location.

First, a portrait.

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Olwen Davies was one of the first performance artists I met, although I didn’t talk to her until some time later, as she was playing  one of the silent Shrug Ladies. Since then I’ve seen several of her own performances. I believe she also acts in films…

First, a portrait.

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After seeing Tom Morgan perform his piece Sisyphus/ Hanged I knew I wanted to photograph with him as part of the People Of Performance Art project. I intended not to talk with him about the shoot beforehand, but we ended up having long conversations about his practice, exploration of philosophies and martial arts. This ended with a decision to shoot in a natural environment. Charnwood Forest seemed a natural fit, and we used two locations: woods and open scrub land. Both had a different mood. The woods were taken at a slow, considered pace, exploring rock and wood, then after soup in St. Joseph’s tearoom, the open scrub land was more rapid and instinctive.

Here’s Tom’s thoughts on the day http://mytommorgan.tumblr.com/post/109983803844/moments-of-the-artist-a-collaboration-with-dwc

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It seemed appropriate that Alice Gale-Feeny  was the first person to collaborate with me on the  People Of Performance Art project, as it was at a performance of her HairWashCarWash that I thought of the idea. HairWashCarWash examined in detail two examples of where dirt is removed from a surface.

On the day of the shoot, we first discussed themes and ideas in a café then moved on to Alice’s studio. Although we could have done the shoot anywhere, we ended up using some lovely old spaces in One Thoresby Street, which is where Alice’s studio is, in Nottingham. And the themes; some we couldn’t work out how to present in a photograph, others evolved from our discussion of Alice’s ideas. I’ll leave it to the viewer to interpret the themes.

First, a portrait.

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