"If you can't find a photograph within ten yards of where you are, you're not looking hard enough". Paul Haley has been a professional photographer all his working life. As the youngest ever Senior Photographer at Soldier magazine he was posted to the South Atlantic to document the Falklands War of 1982. He recorded more than 2000 images, now conserved in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London. The museum's Head of Photographs, Helen Mavin, included some of Paul's photographs in the recently published book War Photographers (ISBN 978-1-912423-66-8).
In this Radio Walk, Paul Haley guided Jonathan Kempster around his windswept and rainy home town of Morley, Leeds, demonstrating that there is an inspiring image to be found around every corner.
A stereo recording best heard on headphones.
See Paul's street photography from the walk here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/photos/share/CmhbgkSTChuDFYZXOvW4cLknM0CaVYc1t82jkA1CYjA
Image © The Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, 2023 https://shop.iwm.org.uk/p/29017/War-Photographers---IWM-Photo-Collection
https://www.iwm.org.uk/events/blavatnik-art-film-and-photography-galleries
If you know someone who can walk and talk at the same time, or if you'd like to tell your story, please get in touch: jonathan.kempster@gmail.com
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