Do you know your f stops, focal lengths and filters?
Thousands of listed buildings in Kent are being photographed this summer for English Heritage's Images of England project. By the end of 2002, a comprehensive collection of up-to-the-minute images of Kent's built heritage will form one of the world's largest free online picture libraries. The project is run by the National Monuments Record, the public archive of English Heritage, and aims to make information and images of England's 370,000 listed buildings accessible via the internet.
Listed buildings in Kent to be photographed include:
- Cannon on plinth, Maidstone
- Hubert Fountain, Victoria Park, Ashford
- The New Metropole, Folkestone
- The Royal Oak Hotel, Sevenoaks
- KL Telephone Kiosk, Nevill Gate, Tunbridge Wells
- Monument to 41 Kentish Martyrs, Canterbury
Some of the early images taken for Images of England are currently displayed on the project's prototype website, www.imagesofengland.org.uk. This seeks feedback from website visitors which will help to further develop the digital database.
The plan of the area
Visitors can send their comments to the project directly through an online feedback form.
Could you help?
Volunteers are needed in Ashford, Canterbury, Dover, Maidstone, Shepway, Swale, Thanet, and Tunbridge Wells. You will be asked to attend a briefing session held at a venue close to where you live, where you will be given advice on photographing listed buildings and identifying them in the field. You will photograph buildings in your local parish using a 35mm camera, taking one shot of each. You will receive a list of buildings the project would like photographed and a manual with all the 'do's and don'ts', also a photo-ID card enabling homeowners to identify you. The project covers the cost of all reasonable travel expenses and maps and also supplies film & processing. You receive a set of prints and maintain copyright of your work, while English Heritage maintains usage of the digital images for the website.
For more details contact Jan Fosler on 01793 414643 or email ioevolunteers@rchme.co.uk or write to her at:
Images of England Project, English Heritage, NMR, Kemble Drive, Swindon SN2 2GZ