The Snapshot Project 2011: “An Ordinary Week in an Ordinary Village”

The Snapshot Project 2011
“An Ordinary Week in an Ordinary Village”

Order Your Copy Of Snapshot Today!

Due to popular demand the Helmdon Snapshot 2011 photobook is now going on general sale. The book contains 74 pages of glorious glossy photographs of life in Helmdon (all taken in a single week in November 2011) and it will be both a coffee-table talking point and a valuable historical resource. All the photographs are indexed and captioned at the back of the book. The price is a stunningly low £36.00 (the original print cost over £50!). To secure this low price we have committed to placing a bulk order (20+ copies) by 10 February, so please place your order by Friday 8 February 2013. After that date the book will still be available but will revert to the standard price of £50.

Snapshot Project Complete!

The finished Snapshot Project was presented to the village at the Annual Parish Meeting on 25 April 2012 with a slideshow by Danny Moody and a Photo book that was given to Councillor Peter Burns, Chairman of Helmdon Parish Council. More than 800 hundred photographs were submitted during the project and, having filtered out the ones that were too fuzzy to use or that were very close duplicates, over 650 of them have been uploaded to Flickr. Just click on the photos above to visit the Flickr site and find your photos!

Latest Update – Posted 4 December 2011

The Snapshot Project (see description below) captured the imagination of Helmdon residents and to date well over 500 photographs have been submitted. The project team is meeting on 8 December 2011 to look at the photos and to pick out the best ones to go in to the Helmdon Snapshot Photo Book. All of the photos will be published in an online album in due course.

Although the original intention was to only produce 2 or 3 photo books (1 for the Parish Council, one for the Record Office and perhaps one to present to a village worthy) there does appear to have been some interest during the project in purchasing copies. In order that we can gauge interest, if you might be interested in purchasing a copy please let us know. There’s no commitment at this stage, we would just like to know the potential level of interest.

A massive thank you to everyone that took part in this project and we hope to be able to show you the results very soon!

The Snapshot Project Team
Danny Moody, Mike Barnes, Chris Thorpe & Audrey Forgham.