A BRADFORD gallery has brought its latest exhibition to the streets of Bradford – framing a number of images with one of the city’s most impressive buildings. Last week Impressions Gallery in City Park finally opened its Being Inbetween exhibition – which has been delayed multiple times due to the Covid pandemic. And yesterday the gallery launched Open Out – a year long project that will see images from the photographic gallery displayed throughout the city centre. The first installation saw photos from Being Inbetween placed in the windows of the the Grade II listed former Natwest Bank on Hustlergate. Being Inbetween is a series of images by Shipley based award-winning photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn. Taken over a period of six years, they show girls aged between 10 and 12 – the period between childhood and young adulthood.
A KEIGHLEY youngster is among 90 girls who took part in a pioneering project exploring their transition through childhood. Made across six years, Being Inbetween features a striking series of portraits taken by award-winning Saltaire photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn. Through photography and interviews, she focused on their hopes, fears and aspirations during the potentially-defining period of their lives. Now the most extensive exhibition of the portraits to date is at Bradford’s Impressions Gallery. Although the venue is currently closed due to lockdown, the display is online. And the gallery’s youth collective, New Focus, has met three of the girls in Being Inbetween to make a short film – called Girl Power – sharing their powerful stories.
WEARING a T-shirt emblazoned with the slogan INFLUENCER, 11-year-old Ruby declares that her ambition is to “help others be more self confident about themselves”. Becca, 11, affirms that one day she will ride a rollercoaster in her wheelchair. Kiara, 12, wants an end to racism because “I’ve experienced it so I know what it’s like and I don’t want anyone else to feel the way I did.” These are some of the girls featured in a striking series of portraits exploring the transition between childhood and young adulthood. Made over six years, Being Inbetween highlights girls aged 10-12 in portraits taken by award-winning Saltaire photographer Carolyn Mendelsohn.