WEST COAST PHOTO will be an exciting new photographic exhibition to launch our year-long programme celebrating the West Coast of Cumbria through creative digital and photographic projects.  The exhibition brings together for the first time a wide collection of photographs and video works by more than 20 local and national artists and photography enthusiasts, exploring the ways photographers, filmmakers and artists have documented the West Coast of Cumbria from the early 20th Century to now. West Coast Photo showcases life on the west coast, past and present, from Barrow to Maryport and from the traditional to the unique; from the area’s stunning landscape and wildlife, to women in industry and the area’s global industrial links; childhood and recreation to protest and politics. Some of the striking snapshots include giant turtles washed up on the beach, ‘screen girls’ working their last shift in the west Cumbrian collieries, Daniel Meadow’s iconic Barrow portraits from the 70s and gigantic pinhole photographs using Whitehaven Lighthouse as a camera.  See a selection of the featured images below from: Ivor Nicholas, Daniel Meadows, Joanne Coates and the Sankey family archive. All images courtesy of the artist.