Join Estelle Slegers Helsen for a visual presentation and animated talk that has resulted from her wanderings around Lochaber, taking remakes of old landscape pictures and collecting stories from local people.
Immerse yourself in the Lochaber landscapes pictured by the Fort William photographer W.S. Thomson MBE (1906-1967) and discover what changed, or not, since the 1940s and 1950s.
For a year, photographer and history researcher Estelle Slegers Helsen wandered in W.S. Thomson’s footsteps, remaking a selection of his pictures from precisely the same locations. Estelle scouted more than 100 places and produced about 60 remakes, crisscrossing Lochaber, Mallaig to Kilchaon, Lochaline to Kinlochleven and Glen Nevis to Rannoch Moor.
Estelle unravels the life of W.S. Thomson, reveals the then and now photographs on a large cinema screen, talks about her determined search for the locations, and recollects the local stories. Did the Scottish landscape change for the better or worse? What about the villages, trees and crofting in the past and now? And how do local people think about the future of their communities?
Date: Sunday 27th November 2022, 2:30 – 4:00 pm
Venue: Highland Cinema, Cameron Square, Fort William
Ticket price: £ 10.00 Tickets available from Highland Cinema
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