It’s a funny thing… as a photographer I wouldn’t expect to find myself on BBC Radio Four ‘pick of the week’, but that’s what happened.
And as an avid Radio Four listener of 40 years or more, I’m inordinately chuffed!
The credit goes to my pal, Miles Warde, radio producer at BBC Bristol. During the seven years that I was making the FISHERWOMEN work, I recorded some conversations with some of the women I met. Their stories were extraordinary and I made the recordings principally for information so that I could transcribe them and use certain passages as text in exhibitions and the portfolio that Ten O’Clock Books published. Then about six weeks ago I sent some of those recordings to Miles and lo and behold three weeks later, he’s made the most wonderful radio programme from them for ‘Open Country’.
The response was wonderful, it has been a privilege to be able to record these memories alongside the photographs I made and a big thank you to Miles for handling it so beautifully… and for getting us on ‘Pick of the Week!’ (can you tell I’m smiling?)
You can here the show here: https://www.craigeaston.com/fisherwomen (scroll down to the bottom of the page)
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