Creating Connections

Images and words from Eskdale School Whitby students.

An interest in photography from the students, an offer from Canon and a storytelling idea led to a 2-day workshop delivered by Ben Worth and photographers Tom Martin and Michael Cockerham. Students explored ‘what it means to be a young person from Whitby’ and learned how to use camera’s and take good photos. The cameras were loaned to the school enabling students to take the cameras for 2 weeks and document their stories, which were finalised in a further workshop with Tom and Ben that will be exhibited in 2024.

 It made me feel happy and excited and safe.
Student at Eskdale School

“The Death of a Birthplace”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“Cold Morning Ballet”

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Cold Morning Ballet (poem)
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“Eskdale”

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Eskdale Young Creatives photography of blurred image at night with red light

“Family”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“Finding Me”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“Forgotten”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“Friends”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“Holiday With My Nan”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“The Last Supper”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

Photograph by Tom Martin

“Short Story”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“The Dog Under The Christmas Tree”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“The Loss of Memories”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“What I Did”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“When Will I Bloom On”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]
Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

“The Last Supper”

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Creating Connections: Platforming Whitby Student Voices [photograph]

Photograph by Tom Martin

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