'Camden High Street in the Snow' - A snowy scene looking along the street, with Christmas lights illuminating the night sky

Date:
11 Dec 2022
Location:
Camden High Street, Camden Town, Camden, Greater London Authority
Reference:
HEC01/128/02/06/02
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

Picturing High Streets was a three-year project delivered by Photoworks to create a contemporary picture of England’s high streets through artist residencies and a public call out. It was part of the High Streets Heritage Action Zones Cultural Programme, and produced in partnership with GRAIN Projects, Impressions Gallery, Open Eye Gallery, London College of Communications, Photofusion, QUAD/FORMAT, Redeye, ReFramed and The Photographers’ Gallery.

From September 2022 to September 2023, people across England responded to themed fortnightly challenges and submitted their photographs on Instagram under the hashtag #PicturingHighStreets. All entries created an unofficial archive documenting a year in the life of the English high street on Instagram, and a selection form this permanent collection in the Historic England Archive.

This photograph was selected to represent the theme ‘Christmas Crackers’. The brief for this theme was: ‘The busy Christmas period transforms the high street. These bustling scenes show streets looking merry and bright, with festive window displays, twinkling Christmas lights, and determined shoppers navigating the Christmas rush.'

The photographer wrote the following text to explain how their image relates to this theme: "Camden evokes thoughts of rebellion, and independence- an antithesis of Christmas traditions. Seeing the High Street blanketed in snow, and the impact it had on everyone; strangers having snowball fights, singing Christmas songs, making snow angels, evoked a true sense of Christmas community and I wanted to remember that moment."

Content

This is part of the Volume: HEC01/128/02/06 Picturing High Streets: Mass Participation Project - Christmas Crackers; within the Sub Series: HEC01/128/02 Picturing High Streets: Mass Participation Project; within the Series: HEC01/128 Picturing High Streets; within the Collection: HEC01 Historic England

Rights

© Hannah Arnold

People & Organisations

Photographer: Arnold, Hannah

Keywords

Snow, Street Scene