When I’m 40

Young North Devonians have created a new response to local flooding risks with the help of world-leading climate photographer Gideon Mendel. In September 2023, as part of a Beaford Arts commission, Gideon visited North Devon to help local children explore what their environment might be like in 2050. The result is a new collection of 18 images titled ‘When I’m 40’.

A Photographic Friendship

A symposium in celebration of the work of of the of master photographers James Ravilious and Chris Chapman who both embarked on their careers in Devon 50 years ago and a new book to celebrate their friendship featuring their work side-by-side for the first time.

The Land Between the Moors

This book of essays, illustrated throughout with photos from the Beaford Archive, focuses on how a particular rural landscape and its communities have evolved and changed, and the problems and prospects associated with managing the landscape sustainably.

Tides of Change

In celebration of their 60th Anniversary, the North Devon Coast AONB have teamed up with the Beaford Archive to present a fascinating ‘then-and-now’ publication complied by AONB Project Officer Dave Edgcombe and featuring images he uncovered during The AONB Bespoke Digitisation Project.

The AONB Bespoke Digitisation Project

AONB Project Officer Dave Edgcombe used contact sheets from the Archive to select previously undigitised negatives for scanning. These images captured by James Ravilious and Roger Deakins have now been made available to the public for the first time.

omicron

Beaford commissioned photographer Robert Darch to record the uncertain landscape brought about by omicron outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021/22 drawing on the spirit of rural social documentary photography pioneered by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive.

aesc

Beaford, on behalf of the ‘Saving Devon’s Treescapes’ partnership, commissioned photographer Robert Darch to record ash dieback’s impacts in the broadest sense, drawing on the spirit of rural social documentary photography pioneered by James Ravilious for the Beaford Archive.

North Devon | Here & Now

A community collection of present-day local photographs taken in North Devon during the Covid-19 pandemic, all responding to the question:

“What are you experiencing right now?”

Hefted

A play written by David Lane, developed in partnership with Beaford. A story in nine scenes, hurtling through 600 years of life in the dynamic landscape of North Devon and beyond into the near future, it was inspired by Beaford’s oral history collection and work with local schools and communities.

Community Trails

A project in partnership with Devon Wildlife Trust working with primary school children in various locations across North Devon to explore their local area. Starting with the archive photographs by Ravilious and Deakins, we asked the children to consider what had remained the same since the photographs were taken and what had changed.

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HERE | Uncovering North Devon

A three year project exploring the Beaford Archive, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund culminating in an exhibition of previously unseen photographs of North Devon by the revered photographer James Ravilious and Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins.