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Exhibition at Loughborough Town Hall

Posted on 18/07/2008

Pictured: "Mushrooms" by Stephanie Carter

Students from Shepsheds Hind Leys College will be showing us the world through "Natures Lens" at the Pixel and Grain Gallery, Loughborough Town Hall from now until August.

"Natures Lens" is the title of a stunning new collection of photographs taken by the colleges highly talented A-Level photography students and is the culmination of a natural history project undertaken this year.

This project was organised by Leicestershire County Councils Community Heritage Project (CHI), funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Rutland Council.

The first stage of the project was a visit to the Outwoods in Charnwood with renowned naturalist and media personality Colin Green.

This nature walk encouraged the students to look at things in a different way and helped give them a new perspective not only on the natural environment around them but also on their photography.

This was followed by a visit to Leicestershire County Councils Collection Resources Centre at Barrow upon Soar, which offers unique behind the scenes access to the County Councils museum collections.

Here, the students learned about the natural history collections stored there and the challenges in photographing them.

"Natures Lens" features a selection of some of the images taken on both of these visits and runs at the Pixel and Grain Gallery, Loughborough Town Hall until August 1st.

For more information on this and future exhibitions, contact Natalie Chabaud at Charnwood Arts on 01509-822558 or by e-mail to nataliec@charnwood-arts.org.uk