Tuesday 12 July 2011

Insideout


As an ex gradate of Newcastle University I get their Arches publication which gives you a random round up of old more successful graduates then myself. In this years summer addition in a tiny paragraph in the book section a photographical documentary is reviewed. Insideout: the Bigg Market is Pierfrancesco Celda's photographic encounter of one of Newcastles nortious drinking and party areas. Captured across three years whilst undertaking a PhD, Celda describes his project about the frality of the human condition;

The Bigg Market is a small area in Newcastle city centre that comes alive at weekends. Here, people from all around the country, gather together to organise hen, stag and birthday parties. The project soon became an interesting way to analyse how I personally perceive and visualise the idea of "socialisation” and "entertainment”.Sometimes entertaining ourselves is a necessity. It is a mechanism used to try to forget the complications of daily routine, especially during the last few years of financial difficulty.

To me, after spending four years in the city it captures the party heart of Newcastle, while it may capture the sterotypical imagery of wearing hardly anything when it's snowing, kissing with strangers, throwing up, getting lost, partying hard - half of that makes Newcastle memorable for what it is. But what I love more is being able to see the city through someone elses eyes.

You can see more about the book on Celds's website and on the assocated facebook page.

9 comments:

  1. These photos are so interesting, much like my home town on a saturday night! Scarlett x

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  2. I love when you can relate to articles because you've lived there or know the area. Newcastle sounds fun! =)

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  3. I've always fancied a night out in Newcastle. These photos are wonderful, typical of any Saturday night but added glamour. x

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  4. Yeah if that guy in the snow don't have glamour in her sparkly dress no one does hehe

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  5. Love that girl in the sparkly dress! so will your hen's night be something like this?

    xx

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  6. Ah the Bigg Market! I'm from the North East and hazily remember many a teenage night being reluctantly dragged around the bars there by my more party hardy friends before I knew any better!

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  7. @ Sher - I love that picture too! I think if I end up having one myself (there's no real plans for one at the moment) I think it'll just be a little meal and some posh drinks. Definately not going out in the snow partying!

    @ ElephantJuice - I think I only ended up going around Brigg Market once or twice within four years of living in Newcastle, we mainly ended up around the Gate! It does have a lovely little Italian resturant down there though.

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