It’s a funny old town, isn’t it? Nothing is black and white, and behind its harsh, sometimes cold exterior, lies a warmth carried almost entirely by its people.
Poet Al Dunham has spent much of his young life trying to grapple with his own connection to Grimsby culture, finding no definitive answers, but discovering a hell of a lot of conflicting emotions.
To pull back the layers, Al has partnered with local street photographer, Jenna Black, to strip Grimsby down to its kecks – writing poems based on images alone, using the rawest words that come to mind when prompted with photos representing different aspects of Grimsby life: friendship, love, heritage, class and mental health.
This exhibition acts as a prologue to a photobook anthology centred around Grimsby culture, seen through the lens of – and written with the vigour of – a generation that has inherited a town they were robbed of the tools to navigate.
Special thanks from the author:
Thank you to everyone who has supported me in the time it has taken to put together my first exhibition, showcasing my poetry. In no particular order, thank you: my friends, Sam and Rachel for your unwavering support. Thank you to Dean from Create NE Lincs for your patience, care and consideration during the production of this exhibition, and thank you to Darren and Dale of the turntable gallery.
