Photography Social: Nicola Lewis-Dixon

For April’s Photo Social we are welcoming back to the Darkroom Nicola Lewis-Dixon. Nicola’s practice-based PhD research project explores the therapeutic potential of both photography and water-based self-portraiture.

Using both analogue and digital waterproof cameras, to document and record her wild swims, has become a method of reclaiming the body – subsequently, animating these still images has become an expression of being alive. Nicola utilises sustainable darkroom techniques and foraged materials that connect to the very land that is healing her. To develop a unique form of practice that visually represents her embodied response post- cervical cancer/ hysterectomy and focuses on the positive healing aspects of this ongoing recovery process. The work also seeks to unpack the political intersections of class, gender and health in relation to her own experiences.

This work follows on from her MA project ‘Goosebumps’ that has been exhibited and screened nationally.

Instagram account @nicola_lewis_dixon

Tickets: Entry is free. Book here

We do ask that if you book tickets, and find you can no longer attend, please let us know so we can offer the tickets to someone else.

BCD Photography Socials are supported by Blackpool’s Photography Champion, an initiative led by Photoworks, supported by public funding through Arts Council England’s National Portfolio.

ACCESS & VENUE

Access: If you have additional access needs (e.g. large print, BSL interpreter, level access) Please let us know by emailing or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790‬

Important physical access info:

Please note that this session is upstairs. We are in the process of installing a lift, however due to unforeseen delays this is now due to be completed later in the year. The event space is up a single flight of 14 steps then you go around the corner and there are two small steps. Once you’re upstairs there’s a loo. You shouldn’t need to come downstairs for anything until the end of the activity.

Getting here

• Tram & Train to Blackpool North Station
• Bus: No 6 or 18 to Topping St., No 3, 3a, 5c, 6, 18 to Church St (Stanley Buildings), No 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7a, 14 to Talbot Rd
• Driving: The closest pay and display car parks are on East Topping St and Talbot Road multi storey. There is also parking at the nearby Sainsbury’s supermarket, please make sure that you check the terms before you use the car park.