Security In Place

Macclesfield in film and image

A visual storytelling of our journeys in Macclesfield (and Macclesfield's journey) since November 2019 through photography and film.

A window gallery: Macclesfield November 2019-December 2019

In the early days of research we saw windows as an invitation, as well as the barrier to the reality of the everyday. This often invisible yet very present companion to our daily life allows us a glimpse of the interior spaces, yet also distorts our view of the outside. We used photos of windows for our website - an invitation and a challenge for our fieldwork. Little did we know that after the restrictions of movement through successive lockdowns from March 2019 the windows of Macclesfield would become the place for messages of hope and gratitude for frontline workers, a place to display art for the virtual Barnaby parade in 2019 and a backdrop to everyday conversations as front gardens and pavements became spaces of everyday interaction.

The photographs below and the street photographs were taken by street photographer Sop Rodchenvko https://www.soprodchenvko.com/

We are thankful for the generous contribution of his work to this project