How to take interesting local portraits

Now the shops are open again in the UK, why not consider doing a portrait project on local shopkeepers? While the interior of a Morrisons or Specsavers, and the staff uniforms therein, won’t differ much whether you live in Newquay or Newcastle, chances are there at least some interesting independent shops left on your local high street. If you live in a particularly quirky town, the choice can be even wider. Glastonbury, in Somerset, is one of the best examples of the latter – indeed it’s hard to think of a quirkier town in the south of England. So Vicki Steward, a local photographer and blogger, decided to capture local shopkeepers. We caught up with Vicki to find out more about the project. For more, see her highly entertaining blog . It is important to put shopkeepers at their ease, so they don’t look stiff, or ‘pose’ Why did you decide to do a project on Glastonbury shopkeepers? Glastonbury high street is unusual in that it’s almost entirely independent and a lot of the shops rely on the trade from the town’s many visitors. Obviously, with the first lockdown local businesses were suffering. I wanted to support our local […]

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