a new photographic commission led by beaford

Beaford is part of an exciting new partnership, ‘Saving Devon’s Treescapes’, led by Devon Wildlife Trust on behalf of the Devon Ash Dieback Resilience Forum. The partnership aims to mitigate the impact of ash dieback and other threats to our county’s treasured treescapes.

Ash dieback in Devon will become increasingly visible over the next nine months and will continue for many years, resulting in the loss of at least 90% of all ashes - up to two million trees. In response, the partnership, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will inspire and enable people to take action that protects and restores our internationally renowned treescapes. It will work directly with over 45,000 people and support the planting of at least 250,000 new trees.

Beaford, on behalf of the partnership, wants to commission a photographer 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. These impacts will become increasingly clear as we move through the seasons from high summer to spring, and so the commission will run from July 2020 to April 2021.

Commission proposals are now invited. Proposed budgets, including expenses, should not exceed £9,000 (including VAT if applicable). Please download and read through the information pack thoroughly before deciding to apply.

Deadline: Tuesday 30th June 2020. We regret that we are unable to enter into correspondence ahead of this deadline.

Completed applications to be sent to info@beaford.org

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted in the week beginning July 6th to arrange an online interview to discuss their proposed approach in more detail. The commissioned photographer will be expected to begin work in July. Orientation visits with partnership specialists will be offered.