Memories Postcards

When was the last time you bought an underwhelming postcard on holiday to send home?

We love to share our travels with the unlucky ones left behind in sodden windy England with social media allowing more of an instantaneous sharing experience, but does it loose the personal and tactile touch of a good old-fashioned photo postcard? The nostalgia of jotting down a story on the back of a postcard and popping it in the post gives a much more personal touch for the recipient. Something that they would wish to keep pinned on their pin board at home.

With this in mind our motley band of artists from Conquer Gear set out on a journey exploring some hard to find, forgotten and abandoned spaces that are not in the guidebooks. With a collection of our illustrations printed, we searched for abandoned spaces that would make beautiful and appealing backdrops for our drawings and create an interesting narrative to our photographs. When we got back home from our sightseeing expedition across Europe we set out to make them into the 2 postcard packs you see in front of you now. Each one with a story on the back; a memory we formed, but want the viewer to interpret for themselves.

All of the artwork was created in collaboration with Conquer Gear around a central motif; “Memories”. It is our goal is to ask: when memories form in our minds, how conscious are we of the surroundings that went into their creation?

*LTD Edition Large Format Photo Prints Available On The Shop*

Or

*500 edition Postcard packs also available here*

Project Credits:

Photography by Anthony Lycett

Video/design by Jeff Metal

Illustration by Tomoya Hiramatsu (Conquer Gear)

Curated by Sebastian Stoobs (Conquer Gear)

Project Assistant Aaron Seale (Conquer Gear)

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