On Saturday 22nd November, I photographed the opening event for the new children's playground at Endcliffe Park, Sheffield. I was recruited to do this by Tracey Shibli, whom I'd known for years; we met when she ran Music in the Round. The event was hosted at Trinity United Reform Church, a striking Brutalist building set into the (eponymous) cliff-end overlooking Endcliffe Park. The stars of the show were Sheffield Young Singers, led by Helen Cowen. They performed both in the church and again in the amphitheatre within the new playground. There were brief but inspiring speeches by the Friends of Endcliffe Park organisation that had raised substantial funding for the new playground. The park was declared open by one of the youngsters and a group of them collectively cut the ribbon.
I'll be posting more images of the event at davidshapirophotography.com. The success of this kind of community initiative is such a delight to see. People working together, driven by shared vision and values, making something happen that brings benefit to so many.
On Sunday 23rd November, a glorious drive over Strines Moor to Holmfirth for the Art Market. At the suggestion of my client, Hilary Simms, I went in search of painters and sculptors who might have need of my Imaging for Artists service. Met several really interesting people, producing lovely work that would be a delight to photograph. To name just a few: David Mayne made the wonderful bear in the Sheffield Botanical Gardens bear-pit; glorious works in glass by Louise Watson; finely shaped and textured ceramic vessels by James Oughtibridge; very striking raku and smoke filled figurative ceramics based on the human form, by Jenny Eaton; Pat Ellacott's paintings inspired by the shape and form of animals and insects; Victoria Ashworth's colourful and boldly-composed images of predominantly north-western English scenes and locales.
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