Nobbys sunset 2017 by Mark Goolmeer
Newcastle by Itself, 2000 – 2020
WHEN 2020 began with a storm of anxiety about fires, drought and the global pandemic, we found ourselves locked down and wondering what sort of book we should create this year. Sylvia had been talking for some time about putting together a book of contributed digital images - ever since a discussion about the potentially transient nature of digital data compared with the relative durability of old-school photographic negatives. I mean, in theory, digital data might seem more durable, but hard-drive failures, flash memory corruption and outright technological change suggests the opposite may be the case.…