Coasters back City of Culture bid
A group of photography students have used their skills to back Sunderland’s City of Culture bid ahead of the big announcement.
The Sunderland College NCFE Level 2 adult photography students have created coasters displaying images they have taken on Sunderland’s seafront as part of a project called ‘Coast to Coasters.’
The beautiful images, taken by the students at Seaburn beach during the Sunderland Illuminations, show performer Zoe Johnston putting on a showcase using fire to create lighting effects.
Sunderland College photography lecturer Alan Sill said: “I run two evening classes at Sunderland College for adult learners and I thought they needed to do something that bit more creative to challenge them.
“They were given the task to explore a creative use of exposure and depth of field for their course.
“Using light painting techniques on Seaburn beach at night took a series of images that has resulted in the final work.
“As the course photography lecturer thought it would be a really neat idea to create drinks coasters from the images - hence the ‘Coast to Coasters’ and in turn support Sunderland’s bid for the city of culture bid.”
The students, aged from those in their 20s to those in their 50s, used slow ex- posure to capture the images, which have been put on coasters contain the QR code for the Sunderland City of Culture website.
The coasters have now been given to The Sunderland Empire, Crows Nest and Ivy House to promote the bid, with the result to be announced tomorrow night.
Jane Reed, Sunderland College’s digital, creative and business faculty director, said: “Winning City of Culture 2021 will bring massive benefits with it and we have our fingers crossed.”